Drivers with overdue traffic fines could have their licences suspended under a new law, which would also send people with overdue fines to prison.

To his clients, Terry Freeman had all the trappings of a multimillionaire City of London trader.

Auckland couple Michael and Jacqueline Bradley, accused by the SFO of running a $15m ponzi scheme, have been bailed to re-appear in court next month.

A politician is under pressure to resign after becoming the first sitting MP in Britain to be convicted of expenses fraud.

Trade Me customers are the victims of the latest online scam by fraudsters operating out of Russia.

The Serious Fraud Office has opened a probe into the dealings of failed minor lender Mutual Finance Ltd.

A con-artist has taken thousands of dollars from Northland shops in a sophisticated Eftpos scam. Police say the scam - involving a fake courier - is likely to have been used elsewhere in New Zealand

In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.

A pensioner has been blackmailed out of most of his life savings by a serial conman who threatened to spread rumours the two men were sexually involved.

Jetsetting businessman Eric Watson, the co-founder of failed Hanover Finance, is in the sights of the Securities Commission and a lawyer representing desperate investors after the assets of co-founder Mark Hotchin were frozen this week.

Be true to yourself, and keep your inner Madoff where he belongs.

Two men were back in court today facing more 300 charges relating to defrauding the former North Shore City Council of more than $800,000.

An Auckland couple charged with a $15 million fraud have been bailed to a Coromandel getaway.

The SFO has laid a raft of charges against Auckland couple Mike and Jackie Bradley accused of fleecing more than 80 investors of nearly $15m.

The Serious Fraud Office is poised to swoop on the backer of a ponzi scheme involving "tens of millions" of dollars tomorrow, SFO boss Adam Feeley told a Parliament select committee today.

Add Christmas and the associated financial pressures into the mix, and I suspect this unfortunate trend of employee theft and fraud may continue into 2011.