Despite money not growing on trees, gardening seems to be the most popular way for NZ's white collar criminals to while away the hours behind bars.

The Registrar of Companies is making the rare bid of extending the statutory company director ban of a convicted Waikato fraudster to 10 years due to the seriousness of his offending.

Colourful conman and convicted fraudster Wayne Eaglesome appears to be trying to sell land on Waiheke that he doesn't yet own.

A Financial Markets Authority analyst has been charged with forging an academic record to get his job and then stealing nearly $210,000. in a scheme.

A new campaign by US prosecutors to pursue suspect money launderers sees agents luring the service providers out of their overseas havens to the US.

Will a former honorary consul for the Netherlands, ex-member of the New Zealand Eminent Persons Group for International Trade, and owner of the luxurious Huka Lodge be forced to come to court and answer questions about his finances?

A former police officer is warning Aucklanders to "steer clear" of a conman who has emerged from prison - apparently with his talent for lying intact.

A woman who ripped off taxpayers for more than $300,000 over 17 years would take 587 years to pay back the stolen funds.

The heist has been been described as "if Oceans 11 had been masterminded by a Bond villain".

Bogus Microsoft employees have stolen thousands of dollars in a 24-hour sting in New Zealand.

A Dunedin man's affair has ruined his marriage, destroyed his family's financial security and caused his defrauded wife to question the past decade of her life.

Nicknamed "rain man" for for his incredible recall, this is the story of Tom Hayes' nine-year Libor rigging saga.

A judge "sent a message" to the banking industry for its "dishonest and wrong" conduct after he sentenced a trader convicted of rigging the Libor rate to 14 years in prison.

An alleged associate of a New Zealand resident accused of trying to manipulate international banking rates has been jailed for 14 years.

A former Citibank and UBS trader is going to jail after a jury found him guilty of masterminding the manipulation of the key Libor interest rate.

An Auckland Council boss who splashed out more than $900 on restaurant meals and drinks on his work credit card has sparked a warning about fraud risks.

He told his would-be victim he was off to the Caribbean, but there were no cocktails or bikini-clad women where Michael Richard Smith was heading.

A Tauranga man accused of conning people out of millions to support his lifestyle for decades has today had fraud charges laid against him.

Brett Donaldson was labelled a fraudster, but after six years he has won his fight with the Serious Fraud Office, which has been banned from prosecuting him again.

Andrew Hrothgar Robinson has been sentenced to six years in jail this morning for stealing more than $3 million.

Former Commonwealth Bank worker Jon Waldron allegedly received over $2 million for awarding contracts to a US firm.

Peter Scutts will serve a sentence of 8 months' home detention after being found to have taken almost $65,000 in kickbacks.

Robert Kairua, who used to run a gold and silver trading website has been sent to jail for theft.

For the first time, Alex Swney's words of contrition can be read by the public - the people he ripped off for more than $4 million.

Convicted former Capial + Merchant boss Neal Nicholls will forfeit assets worth $1.8m to the police.

Alex Swney's parents say it was hard to see their son jailed for more than 5 years but they are proud of the way he accepted his punishment.

Robert Kairua, head of a bullion trading website that collapsed owing $2.7m, has pleaded guilty to theft.

Businessman believed he was being underpaid for his work to improve Auckland.

How does the five years, seven months jail term for Alex Swney stack up against sentences received by other notorious white collar criminals?

An investor in the David Ross ponzi scheme - who has been named for the first time - has been ordered to pay back $454,000 of fictitious profits in a clawback test case.