Former finance company boss Rod Petricevic was yesterday denied taxpayer legal aid, but his fraud case has been postponed to give his lawyer time to decide whether to appeal.

An Australian navy minehunter has started looking for dangerous debris washed down the Brisbane River.

Fraudsters are stealing cash and personal details from people intending to donate to Queensland flood victims.

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.

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.

The fiancee of Bernard Madoff's surviving son has provided a glimpse of life in the shadow of history's biggest fraud.

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.