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.

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.

One of the biggest civil court actions in New Zealand legal history has been filed against former directors of the failed finance company Bridgecorp.

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.

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.

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.

Would-be trainee doctor attended lectures, talked to patients and could access dissection labs - for two years.

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.