A sex worker paid more over $2.4m by ASB fraudster Stephen Versalko is entitled to the money, a prostitutes' lobby group claims.

The prostitute given $2.4 million by fraudulent banker Stephen Versalko is far from the high end of the escort business.

Former immigration boss Mary Anne Thompson today escaped a jail sentence for fraudulently using her CV to secure senior public service jobs.

An ex-gangster's wife has admitted using documents to dishonestly claim $12,000 from taxpayers.

A relative of NZ's $17.8 million fraudster says being a member of the Versalko family is like living with a "bomb that has exploded".

The wife of the $18 million ASB fraudster has spoken of her pain as other family lash out at the big-spending criminal.

A victim of Stephen Versalko's $17.8 million fraud has spoken of the day she was told he had been "naughty" and had defrauded her and 25 other investors out of millions of dollars.

If it wasn't for Bernie Madoff, Stephen Versalko could still be stealing millions.

The scale of the fraud makes Stephen Versalko's case the largest single employment theft in New Zealand history.

Hackers who stole the credit card details of thousands of drivers from payment machines have forced a $4m system upgrade to be fast-tracked.

Former Government minister Roger McClay has been charged with defrauding the taxpayer of nearly $13,000 and almost $13,000 from charities he worked for.

At least $15 million is now believed to be missing from an Auckland financial advisory firm, according to investigators probing the collapse of the company.

A man who stole the identities of dead infants to commit benefit fraud gave himself up after 16 years on the run.