A former IRD employee has been sentenced to two years and five months in prison on dozens of fraud charges spanning nearly six years.

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.

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.

A Kiwi widower who was scammed out of $1m by an Australian online dating service is living in virtual poverty.

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.

Former property developer and insurance broker Marcus Friedlander has been sentenced to seven months home detention after he attempted to hoodwink investors.

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.

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.

Self-described business coach Shane Wenzel has been sent to jail for three years for mortgage fraud.

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.

The police-organised crime squad that carried out the Kim Dotcom raid has given briefings to a high-powered group charged with protecting New Zealand's "national security".

The New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.

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.

A financial adviser stole $4.7m from investors and spent some of the money on a lavish lifestyle that included three Porsche sports cars.