Sonny Bill Williams is the latest celebrity targeted in an online marketing scam selling dubious fitness supplements via a bogus men's magazine website.

Police are hunting a NZ bank executive who left Australia after learning an investigation had been launched into his alleged receiving of kickbacks.

A woman described as a trusted employee spent $312,000 of company money on her wedding, home renovations, school fees and debt.

Half of all inspections of pubs and clubs with pokie machines identify breaches or non-compliance with the law.

A dispute has again thrown up complaints that misused shell companies.

A serial fraudster has scammed one of the country's top judges out of more than $40,000.

Kiwi fugitive Paul Bennett has appeared in a Sydney court today and entered no plea after 10 months on the run ended in Australia last night.

The receivers of Belgrave Finance are trying to bankrupt the terminally ill property developer who controlled the company, despite doubts it'll yield money.

The boss of a local fund manager has welcomed efforts by the country's financial regulator to crack down on market manipulation.

Internet banking customers using a popular online payment system are being warned by banks that they might not be covered if fraud occurs.

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.

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

An alleged Kiwi fraudster, once deemed a menace by Australia and banned from doing business, has been bailed after two years in custody.

Two fraud victims’ $3.8 million lawsuit against ASB can go ahead without the pair needing to pay $60,000 upfront after a judge found the bank had misled the court.

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.