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.

Teenage forgers have sold dozens of fake driver's licences for up to $60 each in a sophisticated operation that has astounded police.

Receivers for National Finance 2000 could be ordered to provide its directors with information to help with their defence against Companies Office charges.

If they had their way, authorities say they'd ban disgraced Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers for ten, not five years.

On the day DHB fraudster Michael Swann was sentenced police found a boat hidden in a shed.