Like many other conservatives who end up behind bars, former newspaper publisher Conrad Black has become a convert to the cause of prison reform.

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.

He had never completed a property sale in his life - but his audacious attempt to "sell" the Ritz hotel nearly worked.

An Auckland churchgoer who defrauded parishioners of $250,000, saying he needed money for cancer treatment, has been jailed.

Some teenagers earn pocket money flipping burgers at the local fast-food outlet but 16-year-old Marcus Lim had bigger ideas.

The Commerce Commission is warning New Zealanders not to be taken in by a new phone scam offering a refund for credit card overcharges.

The Serious Fraud Office is probing a Blue Chip franchise in the South Island.

Disgraced former media mogul Conrad Black may soon be released from his Florida prison, after an appeals court granted him bail.

Allan Hubbard is a genius, says one investor who says she has doubled her money in 12 years.

White-collar crime in the first six months of this year hit a record high of $72m, says the Fraud Barometer.

Troubled financier Allan Hubbard claims his wife, Jean, was unable to buy groceries worth $23 when he was first put into statutory management.

Three Canadians have been arrested in an alleged international crime syndicate, which modifies shops' eftpos machines to steal credit card details.