Four Lombard Finance directors could face tougher sentences as their case goes to the Court of Appeal this week.

Scams weren't just appearing in email inboxes this past week. They were mailed to people around the country - all promising financial windfall, for a price.

Kiwis lost almost $4 million in scams last year, with rising fraudulent investment and dating schemes in particular contributing to the losses, according to govt figures.

Identity fraudsters "systematically and methodically" stole more than $500,000 in benefit scams before being caught last year.

Associate Social Development Minister Chester Borrows has come out this week, all testosterone engorged and righteous.

Countless politicians have been caught indulging secret vices, but few can claim an addiction as eccentric as that of the former US Congressman Jesse Jackson jnr.

A sense of deja vu pervaded the High Court at Auckland yesterday afternoon as a witness in the new Dominion Finance trial appeared again before a different judge.

A High Court judge has stepped down from hearing the Dominion Finance case after it was revealed she was a partner at a law firm as one of the defendants.

A High Court judge has stepped down from hearing the case of three men associated with Dominion Finance.

The trial of three men associated with the collapsed firm Dominion Finance was adjourned just after lunch yesterday for reasons the Herald is prohibited from reporting.

Two jailed Capital+Merchant finance directors are hoping to take their case to the Supreme Court, the Herald understands.

White collar criminals leave a trail of destruction, not just in monetary terms but also in human terms, according to Harry Markopolos.

New Zealand is considering a system which would pay whistleblowers to come forward with fraud-related tips.

The SFO has spent longer considering charges after the Hanover collapse than in the case of any other finance company it has probed.

A Far North benefit fraudster has agreed to repay nearly $100,000 but it will take him nearly 200 years.

Artur Baptista da Silva's outspoken attacks on Portugal's austerity cuts made the bespectacled 61-year-old one of the country's leading media pundits last year.

Samoa tops the list of countries with citizens who have committed immigration fraud in New Zealand.

Just eight people have had their refugee status revoked after a long-running saga involving a global people-smuggling ring.

ACC fraudsters have ripped off taxpayers by more than $10 million in the past four years.

Fran O'Sullivan looks at five 'nuggety issues' that look likely to hog business headlines in coming months.

A fraudster is wanted by police, who say he has scammed $30,000 from Trade Me users by texting them and offering them iPhones.

A jailed South Auckland business coach - who has already received almost $250,000 in legal aid - is continuing his battle with the courts.