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![Fran O'Sullivan: Five pieces of unfinished business](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fran O'Sullivan: Five pieces of unfinished business
Fran O'Sullivan looks at five 'nuggety issues' that look likely to hog business headlines in coming months.
![Trade Me users ripped off for $30k](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Trade Me users ripped off for $30k
A fraudster is wanted by police, who say he has scammed $30,000 from Trade Me users by texting them and offering them iPhones.
![Jailed fraudster to head back to Appeal Court](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Jailed fraudster to head back to Appeal Court
A jailed South Auckland business coach - who has already received almost $250,000 in legal aid - is continuing his battle with the courts.
![Love scam costs lonely widower](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Love scam costs lonely widower
A Kiwi widower who was scammed out of $1m by an Australian online dating service is living in virtual poverty.
![Kiwi embroiled in US insider trading case](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kiwi embroiled in US insider trading case
A New Zealand attorney at a New York law firm has become embroiled in a major insider trading case which could see a former Australian mate jailed for 20 years.
![Conman 'motivated by naked greed'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Conman 'motivated by naked greed'
Conman Loizos Michaels has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he "manipulated his victims for greed''.
![Home detention for 'hoodwinking'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Home detention for 'hoodwinking'
Former property developer and insurance broker Marcus Friedlander has been sentenced to seven months home detention after he attempted to hoodwink investors.
![Ex-SFO lawyer's fall from grace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ex-SFO lawyer's fall from grace
The former high-flying barrister was one of a select few to be honoured with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee SPCA Volunteer Medal at the Government House ceremony, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to animal cruelty prevention.
![Friends 'easy pickings' for fraudster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Friends 'easy pickings' for fraudster
A Mosgiel man who fleeced long-time friends and members of his church of $300,000 has been sent to prison for three years and four months on fraud charges.
![Business coach jailed for fraud](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Business coach jailed for fraud
Self-described business coach Shane Wenzel has been sent to jail for three years for mortgage fraud.
![Fraudster's friends: We got justice](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fraudster's friends: We got justice
The victims of fraudster Brent Murray say they are happy to see some justice done, even though they believe they will never get their money back.
![Grandmother used forgery to get at cash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Grandmother used forgery to get at cash
A man was cheated out of inheriting his father's $400,000 life insurance by his grandmother and another woman who spent some of the money, a court has heard.
![$4.7m theft aided lavish life](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
$4.7m theft aided lavish life
A financial adviser stole $4.7m from investors and spent some of the money on a lavish lifestyle that included three Porsche sports cars.
![Adviser jailed for stealing $4.7m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Adviser jailed for stealing $4.7m
A financial adviser has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison after stealing $4.7 million from investors, many of whom were family and friends.
![Judge rejects Hawke's remorse](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Judge rejects Hawke's remorse
Michelle Hawke lived in the country's most expensive state house and paid only $90 a week - and despite her claims of remorse the judge sentencing her for benefit fraud was unconvinced.
![Madoff whistleblower to speak in NZ (+video)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Madoff whistleblower to speak in NZ (+video)
A visit to New Zealand by the man who blew the whistle on Bernie Madoff is "timely", says the SFO's acting chief executive.
![Madoff whistleblower heading to NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Madoff whistleblower heading to NZ
A US financial fraud investigator who blew the whistle on a multi-billion Ponzi scheme run by Bernie Madoff will speak in New Zealand early next year.
![Beneficiary in $1.3m house sentenced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Beneficiary in $1.3m house sentenced
An Auckland woman who lived in New Zealand's most expensive state house has been sentenced to nine months home detention for benefit fraud.
![Mafia boss plotted scam revenge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mafia boss plotted scam revenge
One of the criminal figures depicted in the Australian TV series Underbelly planned retribution against confidence trickster Loizos Michaels' partner in crime.