The Serious Fraud Office trial of South Canterbury Finance's chief executive and two of the failed firm's directors is due to begin in Timaru on Wednesday.

Defence denies former mayor helped form a plan to solicit funds in contravention of Belgrave Finance's trust deed.

A former mayor and lawyer is accused of helping a property developer hide his identity so he could borrow millions from a failed finance company.

A fraudster who stole $350,000 of ratepayer money faces court action to have a deportation order enforced so he can be sent back to South Africa.

A group charged by the SFO for allegedly operating a $1.6m ad invoice scam don't want the case transferred to the High Court.

An outbreak of card skimming has hit Auckland, with a number of ASB customers having their cards copied and accessed from Britain.

Steven Francis Younger has been jailed for two years and four months on 12 charges of defrauding three elderly people.

Repayments to investors in Aorangi Securities, one of the failed vehicles formerly run by Allan Hubbard, have climbed to 92 cents in the dollar.

A finance company's attempt to chase down a $300,000 loan taken out by a now-bankrupt and struck-off lawyer has been knocked back by a High Court judge

Auckland property developer Malcolm Mayer has been sent to jail for 6 years for a $47m mortgage fraud.

A New Zealand businessman lured to Europe in a $240 million email scam made a last minute complaint to police that led to some of the fraudsters being arrested.

Police are racing to catch a mystery man whose dealings have left several motel owners and duped tourists thousands of dollars out of pocket.

Sweeping changes to securities law have undermined the custodial sentences handed out to former directors of Lombard, the Supreme Court has heard.

A man facing charges over an alleged bogus company for jobseekers looking for work in Australian mines had his scheme endorsed by a fake international group.

People accessing sensitive information on their emails using unsecured public Wi-Fi could be putting themselves at risk of fraud, says the Banking Ombudsman.

Stephen Versalko, the ASB Bank fraudster who stole $18 million, will be released from prison this month, but his wife has moved on.

The banker who stole $18 million from clients is "deeply remorseful and ashamed" about his offending, according to the Parole Board report which confirms his release.

A repeat pilot impersonator sentenced to 300 hours' community work for flying a plane without a license has had an appeal against his sentence dismissed.

The country's market regulator wants to withdraw a disciplinary complaint against fraudster David Ross.

A victim of an "incompetent" foreign exchange trader whose scheme inflicted losses of about $1.5m says his quality of life took a hit when his "significant" portfolio vanished.

The Child Cancer Foundation said it had received reports that scammers are phoning members of the public throughout New Zealand claiming to be collecting donations.

Earthquake claim fraudsters are still being hunted down almost three years on from the city's devastating quakes.

A Napier man will serve 300 hours community service, after he indicated he was interested in buying a plane, said he was a pilot, flew the aircraft - all without a licence.

Name suppression has been lifted on a Wellington accountant found guilty of providing false tax returns and misleading information to the Inland Revenue.

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