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".

Investors owed millions of dollars by a NZ man want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the US.

The ASB bank investment adviser who stole $17.8m charged his parents interest on a loan to move into a retirement home - then asked for the money back when his fraud was discovered.

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

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.

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

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.

Mortgage broker Mike Pero feels "violated" by a deaf woman who stole over $130,000 from the Christchurch deaf community by using his name.

Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers has revealed his need for psychological help to deal with the collapse of his business empire.