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![Conman claimed Packer connection](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Conman claimed Packer connection
An alleged conman claimed the rich Australian Packer family was helping fund a major casino development worth "tens of millions of dollars'', a court has been told.
![Bridgecorp broke in 2006: PwC](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bridgecorp broke in 2006: PwC
Bridgecorp was insolvent from at least February 2006 - a year and a half before it collapsed, its receiver alleges in civil action against three former directors.
![Checks reveal 65 false passports](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Checks reveal 65 false passports
Dozens of false passports have been discovered during security checks ahead of a new online passport renewal system introduced last week.
![Benefit fraud lasted 15 years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Benefit fraud lasted 15 years
A Rotorua man has admitted benefit fraud which lasted more than 15 years.
![Bridgecorp trio facing $442m claim](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bridgecorp trio facing $442m claim
One of the biggest civil court actions in New Zealand legal history has been filed against former directors of the failed finance company Bridgecorp.
![Woman allegedly stole $1m from sister](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman allegedly stole $1m from sister
A 58-year-old Auckland women is facing numerous Crimes Act charges after she allegedly spent $1 million belonging to her sister.
![Six arrests made in fake ad scam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Six arrests made in fake ad scam
Six people have been arrested over a $1.6 million invoice scam which involved the sale of advertising in magazines that did not exist or were not as widely circulated as claimed.
![Bradley jailed for 'classic Ponzi-scheme'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Bradley jailed for 'classic Ponzi-scheme'
Jacqui Bradley was sentenced to seven years five months in jail today for a "classic Ponzi-scheme" that abused her victims' trust and left them "completely devastated".
![Seven years jail for Bradley](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Seven years jail for Bradley
Fraudster Jacqui Bradley - who swindled 28 investors out of around $15.5 million dollars - has been sentenced to seven years and five months in jail.
![Fake med student went to 'great lengths'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fake med student went to 'great lengths'
A man caught posing as a medical student for two years went to "great lengths" to hide what he was doing from his classmates, staff and his family.
![Rejected student cons uni](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rejected student cons uni
Would-be trainee doctor attended lectures, talked to patients and could access dissection labs - for two years.
![Widows rip off ACC for $763,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Widows rip off ACC for $763,000
Widow fraudsters have stolen more than $763,000 from taxpayers by claiming ACC payments for their dead partners despite starting new relationships.
![Elderly neighbour robbed for pokies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Elderly neighbour robbed for pokies
A woman stole several thousand dollars from her elderly neighbour to play the pokie machines after befriending her.
![Meth importer faces deportation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Meth importer faces deportation
An African drug dealer who entered a sham marriage within weeks of arriving in New Zealand to help him get residency is to be deported.