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Fraud 'mule' in finance role
A con artist who tricked banks in a $1.8 million mortgage scam worked in the finance department of a company whose bosses had no idea of her convictions.
Alleged iPhone scammer charged
Elmira Rafiee was charged in connection with an alleged scam to sell iPhones and iPads that didn't exist.
Arrest over $500,000 AUT fraud
Police have arrested a 53-year-old man over "accounting discrepancies" allegedly totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars at the Auckland University of Technology. Jonathan Kirkpatrick resigned as chief of AUT's Business Innovation Centre...
Spy claims ridiculous, say Israelis
Backpackers and rescue specialists caught up in suspicions over behaviour after quake want an apology for 'stupid story'.
Paul Thomas: Trivial story with no sex and no intrigue
Three good, non-sinister reasons why young foreign tourists would want to hasten their departure
NZ media blatantly 'prejudice' against Israel - Israeli paper
An editorial in an Israeli newspaper editorial has slammed NZ's media as having "blatant prejudice" against Israel
Suppression encourages 'predators'
The granting of name suppression to a man who possessed images of child rape sanctions the behaviour of "sexual predators", the Sensible Sentencing Trust says. Videos and files showed kids as young as 18 months in sex acts.