The New Zealand company which pioneered cutting-edge television graphics for the America's Cup was shut down after an executive stole almost $600,000 from its accounts.

A teacher convicted of defrauding her school's rowing club of more than $40,000 has been allowed to keep her professional registration.

NZ passports have been found in the hands of a dangerous master forger who allegedly supplied fake documents to terrorists, drug smugglers and human traffickers around the world.

Failed finance company Bridgecorp was on the path to insolvency when it issued the prospectus in 2006, the Court of Appeal heard today.

The new boss for the Serious Fraud Office has been named as Australian Julie Read.

Former Bridgecorp CFO Rob Roest suggested the losses to investors were not as severe or widespread, when he appeared before the Court of Appeal today.

The number of people who unwittingly launder money for international scammers has doubled in three months, and police deal with new "money mule" reports every day.

An Auckland businesswoman alleged to be at the centre of a $9.2 million mortgage ramping scheme involving her siblings and friends has pleaded not guilty to 26 charges.

Wellington financial adviser David Ross pleads guilty to charges relating to running a Ponzi scheme.

In a little over nine months Xiao Lu and her former boyfriend Zhou Zhao defrauded Hamilton's SkyCity casino of more than $50,000 .

A retired engineer was stunned to discover a Kiwi passport in his name has been used by a man on the FBI's Most Wanted list to pull off a $180 million fraud.

A caregiver who admitted defrauding the benefit system of more than $274,000 says she did it because she "believed that she was two separate people".

Fraud police are investigating a New Zealand company calling itself GoogleDirectory.

Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.

A struggling Chinese artist faked dozens of paintings as part of an elaborate US$80 million ($98.7 million) New York art fraud, prosecutors have alleged.

A scam that cost a business $18,000 has prompted a warning this week to be careful with invoicing.

Three directors of Dominion Finance and North South Finance were all sentenced to at least 10 months' home detention today.

Further fraud charges have been laid against a man accused of ripping off elderly people and using the money to pay court-ordered reparation to previous victims.

Two large public transport organisations - Auckland Transport and KiwiRail - are holding inquiries into separate allegations of corruption over contracts.

The Department of Internal Affairs has received a couple of complaints about a scam targeting people advertising for flatmates on Trade Me. Both should be ignored and usually lead to requests for money:

A man charged with defrauding elderly people out of around $156,000 allegedly used some of the spoils to pay court-ordered reparation to previous victims.

Police say they are dealing with an increasing number of people being ripped off through simple scams.