An Auckland man has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after a 'brazen' travel scam which targeted elderly Chinese took in tens of thousands.

New Zealanders who savoured the privacy of their Swiss HSBC bank accounts will continue to enjoy it from Inland Revenue, which won't reveal whether information from leaked files lifted any locals' tax bills.

The Legal Services Commissioner wants disgraced Bridgecorp director Rob Roest to repay $174,000 of legal aid.

A fugitive couple on the run from police sold their getaway vehicle in Dunedin, the man offering a $50,000 bounty for their capture says.

One HSBC client with links to New Zealand had up to $67.83 million with its Swiss private banking arm, according to leaked files.

The Auckland businessman facing jail for evading taxes of nearly $1.8 million could face further charges.

Former Act Party leader John Banks will face a retrial for filing a false electoral return, Solicitor-General Mike Heron, QC, has confirmed.

After months of maintaining his innocence ex-Heart of the City boss Alex Swney phoned his parents to say he was going to plead guilty to nearly $1.8m in tax evasion.

The liquidators of fraudster Jacqui Bradley's failed business are mulling whether to try to claw back $2 million from eight investors who were paid out before her Ponzi scheme folded.

The son of convicted murderer Helen Milner has today admitted possession of a sawn-off shotgun that he got for his own protection after hearing that his mother had hired a hitman.

Kiwis are being increasingly extorted for cash by cyber-criminals who made last year New Zealand's worst for costly "ransomware" attacks.

Two NZ charities have been hit by cyber-criminals - in one case, 50,000 attempts were made to submit a fake donation to try to test stolen credit card numbers.

Liquidators probing the collapse of a clothing business have complained records were destroyed.

The Commerce Minister has rejected a request from David Ross' burned investors to look into the country's claw-back regime as the first court case looms.

An Auckland publishing company that got $330,000 of taxpayer money is complaining it was treated unfairly after its funding was suspended.

Holes in NZ passport security have been exposed after an illegal immigrant paid for two false identities and the copies ended up linked to a terror plot.

A Nelson fraudster who police say stole $500,000 from clients of his investment advisory business has been has been jailed for six years and nine months

Computers being remotely operated by hackers account for almost one in four views of digital video ads worldwide.

Three of five former Bernard Madoff workers have escaped with sentences much lighter than prosecutors sought.

The Crown says one of the defendants in an ad scam trial was a "parasite" but the defence claims some people who bought ads from him were just "stupid".

William Yan wants around $4500 to $5000 a month for living expenses paid out of his restrained assets.

An Auckland businessman who had $40 million of assets seized this year has told the High Court he gave away a Rolls Royce.

Think your company is immune from employee fraud? Better think again, investigators tell Helen Twose.

Police are targeting more assets associated with a businessman serving the longest prison sentence given to any failed finance company director.

The police have won the first of many legal battles with businessman William Yan after a High Court judge ruled they are not liable for losses incurred from the seizure of his fortune.