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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.

Fraudster boasted of ties to US President
Police are using Christian John Glennie's trail of delusion as a warning to would-be fraudsters.

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...

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

Spy claims ridiculous, say Israelis
Backpackers and rescue specialists caught up in suspicions over behaviour after quake want an apology for 'stupid story'.