A fallen property hotshot wants to move on after escaping a prison sentence for faking documents to try to save his friend from bankruptcy.

A 31-year-old property developer who sent false documents to the High Court in an effort to save his friend from going bankrupt has escaped jail time.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating a US-based funds provider with links to the case of fraudster Jacqui Bradley.

The alleged conman who carried out "bold frauds on a grand scale" says he is the victim.

An eighty-three-year-old's theft of almost $215,000 in benefit payments was only uncovered when she was seriously injured in a crash with a fuel tanker.

The dentist who extracted $50,000 of taxpayer money for made-up appointments that included tooth-pulling has escaped a jail sentence.

The SFO is investigating fund manager David Ross and his firm after receivers found records for $10.2 million of the $449.6 million he purportedly managed.

The man at the centre of an alleged $3 million fraud case will discover his fate in two weeks.

Judge allows couple to travel to Australia for Christmas.

Loizos Michaels convinced people to "think big" and believe in his investment plans - before he fleeced them of more than $3 million, a court has heard.

Two senior National Party figures were involved in plans to apply for a casino licence, an alleged conman says.

An alleged conman says a meeting in a Marcos racing car, in which he was said to have pocketed thousands of dollars from a film executive, never took place.

Loizos Michaels' allegedly managed to take over $3 million from his victims, including casino executives and owners of luxury apartments.

A Masterton woman who defrauded Work and Income of $91,000 was yesterday sentenced to home detention and community work.

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 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.