A blonde-haired, blue-eyed seven-year-old girl has been put into care after being taken from a Roma family in Ireland.

Lawyers for a Kiwi who embezzled millions of Australian taxpayer dollars have argued he shouldn't have been jailed for 14 years.

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.

A Labour Party candidate in the first Super City elections denies he committed electoral 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.

The fraud trial of the former boss at Canterbury clothing manufacturer Lane Walker Rudkin's is due to begin in Christchurch today.

A second senior manager has left Auckland Transport weeks after his hard drive was seized as a major corruption inquiry continues.

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.

A bankrupt property developer allegedly used fronts and gave false information as part of a $50 million loan scheme, a court has heard.

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.

The last of the Rockforte trio facing fraud charges has pleaded guilty, wrapping up another failed finance company case.

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.

Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.

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.

A serial fraudster who worked as a prostitute while on home detention has today been jailed for two years, six months.

A New Zealander working for a major world banking company has been charged by US prosecutors in New York for allegedly taking part in the massive LIBOR rates rigging scandal.

Queensland's corruption watchdog has admitted it failed to act fast enough on an anonymous complaint about the Kiwi fake prince who ripped off Queensland Health.

A three-times bankrupted builder has pleaded guilty to benefit fraud.

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.