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.

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.

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.

A woman who admitted falsely claiming more than $90,000 in benefits said she wanted security for her children.

Two directors of well-known failed finance companies are among a group of accountants who face being struck off.

Global cheating syndicates trying to swindle millions of dollars with hi-tech gadgets are responsible for some of the hundreds of crimes committed at SkyCity each year.

Haier's proposed $1.20 a share offer for Fisher & Paykel Appliances has been very cleverly priced.