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![Lush asks for help outing his imposter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Lush asks for help outing his imposter
Broadcaster Marcus Lush has become the latest celebrity to fall victim to a Facebook faker.
![Abuse of trust hitting elderly](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Abuse of trust hitting elderly
Financial abuse is the second most common form of maltreatment of older people, and the economic downturn may be aggravating the situation.
![Mortgage suspect hit with $1.3m bill](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Mortgage suspect hit with $1.3m bill
A banker at the centre of an alleged multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud has been ordered to pay nearly $1.3m in damages to his ex-employer.
![Prison Works: Conrad Black becomes a liberal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Prison Works: Conrad Black becomes a liberal
Like many other conservatives who end up behind bars, former newspaper publisher Conrad Black has become a convert to the cause of prison reform.
![Quiet country church became a marriage machine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Quiet country church became a marriage machine
383 couples walked up the aisle to trade rings in a flurry of local passion that, at one point, saw the resident vicar hosting a wedding daily.
![Jailed: the skint truck driver who tried to sell the Ritz](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Jailed: the skint truck driver who tried to sell the Ritz
He had never completed a property sale in his life - but his audacious attempt to "sell" the Ritz hotel nearly worked.
![Man who faked cancer jailed for two years](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Man who faked cancer jailed for two years
An Auckland churchgoer who defrauded parishioners of $250,000, saying he needed money for cancer treatment, has been jailed.
![Schoolboy licence faker made $12,000](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Schoolboy licence faker made $12,000
Some teenagers earn pocket money flipping burgers at the local fast-food outlet but 16-year-old Marcus Lim had bigger ideas.
![Auckland Grammar boy sentenced for forgeries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Auckland Grammar boy sentenced for forgeries
An Auckland Grammar pupil who forged scores of driving licences which he sold to other students was told in court to "dedicate your obvious talents towards a legitimate enterprise".
![Commission warns of credit card scam](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Commission warns of credit card scam
The Commerce Commission is warning New Zealanders not to be taken in by a new phone scam offering a refund for credit card overcharges.
![SFO launch new Blue Chip probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
SFO launch new Blue Chip probe
The Serious Fraud Office is probing a Blue Chip franchise in the South Island.
![P supplier just 'helping police'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
P supplier just 'helping police'
An ex-pharmacist told court he'd been asked by police to keep selling cold medicine to "pill shoppers" to help their surveillance operation.
![Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Court grants bail to jailed ex-media mogul Black
Disgraced former media mogul Conrad Black may soon be released from his Florida prison, after an appeals court granted him bail.
![Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Investor backs 'genius' Hubbard
Allan Hubbard is a genius, says one investor who says she has doubled her money in 12 years.
![White-collar crime cases explode](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
White-collar crime cases explode
White-collar crime in the first six months of this year hit a record high of $72m, says the Fraud Barometer.