The British outsourcing giant that operates Auckland's Mt Eden prison is facing major financial strife, with its boss warning jobs will be slashed.

A man accused of involvement in a $47 million mortgage fraud eight years ago has finally been charged.

Finger print identification, a standard feature on new iPhones will soon be common place, a visiting biometrics expert says.

Far fewer victims of financial crime are satisfied with the sentences handed to white collar criminals than two years ago, according to a Serious Fraud Office survey.

The son of Black Widow Helen Milner, who yesterday won $55k from her after she framed him and put him in jail, has now set his sights on police.

US prosecutors have moved to bolster their case against two Wall St stockbrokers allegedly involved in an insider trading scandal.

An Auckland businessman who shared a $1.1m payout after a failed SFO prosecution says the acquitted South Canterbury Finance defendants appear to "have good cause" to make their own application for court costs.

Two Kiwis working in Miami have been victims of fraud - with a $27,000 Italian shopping spree charged to their credit card.

Bungled handling of a secret government report has revealed alarming levels of fraud at the Accident Compensation Corporation scheme and in the health sector.

The "missing witness" in the South Canterbury Finance trial said questions about why he wasn't approached to give evidence can only be answered by the SFO.

The safety of online fundraising is in the spotlight after charges were laid against a woman alleged to have raised more than $15,000 for fictional cancer treatment.

A woman who raised funds online for a terminal illness has been charged with fraud.

Presidents, they're just like us - their credit cards get declined.

A now-bankrupt insurance broker who shared a kickback with a senior Bunnings manager in order to keep the store's business has been jailed for four years.

A Far North Maori trust that received more than $1 million two years ago now has less than $15 in the bank.

The Serious Fraud Office is defending its decision to bring charges against three former South Canterbury Finance heads after two of the trio were acquitted yesterday.

The fate of three businessmen accused of masterminding the "biggest fraud in New Zealand's history" will be determined tomorrow morning.

Exclusive: The Warriors are caught up in an investigation into a Maori tourism qualification involving alleged overpayments of $6 million of taxpayers' money.

Upcoming changes to the NZ financial services industry pose significant security threats for consumers, banks and merchants, says an anti-fraud expert.

When Facebook announced it was going to list on the stock exchange, it became the hottest stock offering in internet history.

A sheep-farming family from Te Kuiti lost millions of dollars after being duped in a Facebook scam.

A Wellsford man who lied about having five children to receive $120,000 in tax credits has been jailed.

An illegal immigrant who gained New Zealand residency with a false Australian passport - and was charged with holding three other false passports - is on the run.