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.

An ex-pharmacist told court he'd been asked by police to keep selling cold medicine to "pill shoppers" to help their surveillance operation.

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.

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.

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

People are committing fraud to maintain lavish lifestyles during tough economic times, claims a leading economic crime expert.