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.

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.

Auckland businessman William Yan has been denied access to seized assets to pay private school fees for his children and to service the mortgage on his luxury apartment.

A serial fraudster who stole almost $6 million from a New Zealand family in an elaborate Facebook stock scam has been described by a judge as "evil incarnate".

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.