Thousands of Kiwis are being conned by scams each year - and there's a reasonable chance you'll become one, according to new Govt figures.

Manukau City Mayor Len Brown says the council is considering legal action after accusations that council staff committed fraud.

All Blacks are among the latest sports stars to create tailor-made autographs for fans as a measure to prevent identity fraud.

A former prostitute, who was paid $2.5 million by ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko, was in the Auckland High Court this week to make a deal with the bank over the money.

nzherald.co.nz readers have shown strong support for a prostitute being sued by ASB for the money she was given by fraudster Stephen Versalko.

Bernie Madoff and his NZ equivalent Stephen Versalko, have a lot in common: both ordinary family guys with credible, crumpled facades.

ASB Bank is trying to reclaim up to $2.55 million given by convicted bank fraudster Stephen Versalko to an Auckland prostitute, during his nine year scam.

Police have been asked to look into complaints against the producer behind hit TV shows Dream Home, Location Location Location and Sensing Murder.

One of NZ's top fly fishermen was stopped from boarding a plane to the World Championships because police thought he was a drug dealer.

Dispute over money paid to the trust during the two years before Petricevic's bankruptcy in August 2008.

An inside job planned by a master criminal saw half a million dollars taken from a clothing company using stolen online banking passwords and forged passports.

To lose one personal fortune might be considered bad luck; to lose two looks distinctly careless.

Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.

The High Court orders an ASB Bank adviser to repay millions of dollars stolen from his employer.

Alan Boaden from the Reserve Bank writes on countering counterfeit notes.

A Venezuelan couple who moved to NZ to raise their daughter in a safer country are among the victims of a property-fraud ring targeting prospective tenants.