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![The $1.7m scratchie scam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
The $1.7m scratchie scam
A retired policeman and a chartered accountant are among 55 New Zealanders fleeced for $1.7 million by a Malaysia-based scam.
![Welfare snooping bill criticised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Welfare snooping bill criticised
New powers allowing welfare officials to secretly approach beneficiaries' banks or workplaces if they suspected them of committing fraud are being questioned.
![Global money laundering scams hit NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Global money laundering scams hit NZ
Business owners are being warned to watch out for overseas money laundering scams, which are targeting New Zealand's small businesses.
![Rockforte Finance director gets jail time](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rockforte Finance director gets jail time
A director of failed firm Rockforte Finance has been sentenced to four years in jail while another got 11 months' home detention and 200 hours' community work
![Accountant's $280k donation fraud](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Accountant's $280k donation fraud
An accountant has been struck off for scamming Inland Revenue out of $280,000 by doctoring his employer's tax returns to gain false donation rebates.
!['Public funds are not a bottomless pot'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Public funds are not a bottomless pot'
Lawyers for a Kiwi who embezzled millions of Australian taxpayer dollars have argued he shouldn't have been jailed for 14 years.
![Developer admitted misleading firm, court told](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Developer admitted misleading firm, court told
An Auckland property developer defending fraud allegations told a journalist in 2009 that he'd misled a trustee company caught up in an alleged $50 million loan scam, a court has heard.
![Labour man fights election fraud charge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labour man fights election fraud charge
A Labour Party candidate in the first Super City elections denies he committed electoral fraud.
![Ex-director's 'top end' fraud](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ex-director's 'top end' fraud
The former boss at a Canterbury clothing maker that kitted out some of our sporting heroes has today pleaded guilty to a multi-million dollar "top end" fraud.
![Fraud trial against former clothing boss due to begin](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fraud trial against former clothing boss due to begin
The fraud trial of the former boss at Canterbury clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin's is due to begin in Christchurch today.
![Second transport manager resigns](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Second transport manager resigns
A second senior manager has left Auckland Transport weeks after his hard drive was seized as a major corruption inquiry continues.
![Defendant says fraud figure is too high](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Defendant says fraud figure is too high
A trusted staff member charged with committing a long-running fraud against a freight company says the alleged stolen sum is a grossly over-inflated figure.
![Warrants executed in transport probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Warrants executed in transport probe
The Serious Fraud Office has executed search warrants in its probe of people linked to Auckland Transport.
![$50m property loan scheme in court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$50m property loan scheme in court
A bankrupt property developer allegedly used fronts and false information to borrow more than he otherwise could have as part of a $50 million loan scheme, a court has heard.
![$50m fraud case in court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$50m fraud case in court
A bankrupt property developer allegedly used fronts and gave false information as part of a $50 million loan scheme, a court has heard.
![Property developer back in court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Property developer back in court
The second trial of a bankrupt Auckland property developer facing fraud charges over an alleged $50 million loan scam is due to begin this week after the first was aborted.
![Rockforte Finance director pleads guilty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rockforte Finance director pleads guilty
The last of the Rockforte trio facing fraud charges has pleaded guilty, wrapping up another failed finance company case.
![Man jailed for berm scam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man jailed for berm scam
A former North Shore City Council employee has been sent to prison after signing off more than 150 invoices for road and berm maintenance work that was never completed.
![Second Gisborne finance director pleads guilty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Second Gisborne finance director pleads guilty
Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.
![Kiwi Libor scandal - a plan is hatched](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi Libor scandal - a plan is hatched
"The plan is hatched and sounds sensible,'' New Zealand's Darrell Read told Tokyo trader Tom Hayes - an alleged co-conspirator in the Libor rates rigging scandal
![$450,000 theft earns prison term](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$450,000 theft earns prison term
A woman who stole more than $450,000 from a prominent Auckland couple has been sent to prison for three years and four months.
![Champagne, curry in Kiwi Libor case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Champagne, curry in Kiwi Libor case
A New Zealand man is accused of being part of an international scam where brokers promised colleagues kickbacks of champagne, curries and a Ferrari in exchange for trying to influence bank rates.
![Serial fraudster jailed for 30 months](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Serial fraudster jailed for 30 months
A serial fraudster who worked as a prostitute while on home detention has today been jailed for two years, six months.