A globetrotting conman who came to New Zealand on a purported $69 million property spending spree will spend the next 14 years in prison in the United Kingdom.

It wasn't just Xtra emails being hit by scammers this week.

A couple alleged to have ripped off taxpayers for $375,000 in Work and Income payments have been allowed to keep their names secret for now.

Robert Whale expressed relief yesterday when he was acquitted in a Serious Fraud Office case, but the former Dominion Finance director still has to return to the High Court in June for separate Financial Markets Authority proceedings.

A couple alleged to have ripped off taxpayers to the tune of $375,000 in Work and Income payments have been allowed to keep their names secret for now.

A cancer charity under investigation over its spending has stopped paying its staff while it considers whether to resume operations in New Zealand.

A couple are alleged to have ripped off taxpayers by hundred of thousands of dollars in welfare payments for dental treatments that never happened.

Two people will appear in court in Auckland tomorrow charged over a benefit fraud involving up to $375,000.

The Government has welcomed leaked documents shining the light on shady politicians and arms dealers allegedly laundering their ill-gotten billions through Kiwi firms.

A former Goldman Sachs trader pleaded guilty to wire fraud yesterday, admitting that he caused his company to lose US$118 million ($140 million) in 2007 when he put US$8 billion at risk.

A former Tauranga businessman who siphoned $317,000 from a motorbike dealership was motivated by "greed, greed and more greed'', a judge has said.

Former Dominion Finance and North South Finance director Terry Butler has died.

A woman whose family lost more than $300,000 to a gold trader facing fraud charges is worried about hundreds of thousands she invested in a water-bottling project.

A New York judge has agreed to release Australian financial analyst and accused inside trader Trent Martin from jail, ending three months behind bars in Hong Kong and Brooklyn.

A Whangarei company director who fraudulently obtained more than $77,000 from the Accident Compensation Corporation by submitting false invoices will not have to pay the money back.

A cancer charity has suspended fundraising in New Zealand amid questions over how its money is spent.

Taxpayers are being warned not to fall for hoax phone calls from fraudsters telling them they are eligible for unclaimed money or a tax refund.

Personal financial pressure has edged out greed as the number one motivation among perpetrators of fraud in New Zealand, according to a survey.

Dozens of racing clubs in the south have been ordered to hand over files as part of a Serious Fraud Office probe into pokie grants.

If people who choose not to pay the tax for which they are liable, there would be enough money to stamp out child poverty, Catriona MacLennan.

An immigration fraudster stripped of his citizenship and barred from New Zealand owes taxpayers more than $150,000.

A former Tauranga businessman is on trial defending allegations by his business partner that he siphoned $625,000 from their motorbike dealership.

Two trustees have been caught up in the Financial Markets Authority's case against six former Hanover directors or promoters and are now trying to remove themselves from the proceedings.

A Brisbane auction room was full to capacity as the trash and treasure of New Zealand man Hohepa "Joel" Morehu-Barlow went under the hammer.

A scammer has targeted people with items listed for sale online this week.