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.

Dozens of false passports have been discovered during security checks ahead of a new online passport renewal system introduced last week.

A Rotorua man has admitted benefit fraud which lasted more than 15 years.

A woman living in the country's most valuable state house cheated WINZ out of more than $88,000 by hiding her relationship for six years.

A 58-year-old Auckland women is facing numerous Crimes Act charges after she allegedly spent $1 million belonging to her sister.

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.

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".

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.

Widow fraudsters have stolen more than $763,000 from taxpayers by claiming ACC payments for their dead partners despite starting new relationships.

A woman stole several thousand dollars from her elderly neighbour to play the pokie machines after befriending her.

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.

A nurse whose short skirts and long fingernails raised eyebrows where she worked has been struck off for forging her practising certificate.

Jailed National Finance boss Trevor Allan Ludlow is appealing his sentence on the grounds it was "manifestly excessive" but has been denied bail to prepare for the hearing.

If the collapse of NZ's finance companies left a stench wafting through the business community, Adam Feeley says the jailing of dishonest directors has sent a chill blowing through boardrooms.

Tenants of New Zealand's most expensive state house - with sweeping views over Auckland's harbour - have been ordered out after one was convicted of benefit fraud.