A former sports star embezzled $450,000 then gambled it away.

The SFO alleges that as a senior investment adviser, Stephen Versalko defrauded nearly 30 wealthy ASB clients over $17m over nine years.

Westpac's runaway millionaires are a step closer to keeping the cash after the bank bungled an attempt to recover it.

It has been a bad year for the controversial Church of Scientology.

NZ's biggest benefit fraudster manipulated a web of offshore accounts from prison in a bid to hide the $3.4m he stole from taxpayers.

British funnyman Ricky Gervais has spoken out about how fraudsters stole £200,000 (NZ$460,000) from his bank account.

The secrets of how Bernard Madoff gained the confidence of all the victims of his multi-billion dollar scam.

Facebook users have been warned they will be among targets of a huge increase in cyber crime next year.

The nation's largest early childcare provider is being investigated for the way it claims more than $30 million of taxpayer money.

Stolen credit card details of tens of thousands of New Zealanders may be in the hands of a Russian or Albanian gang, an investigation suggests.

More than 100,000 credit cards may be replaced as a result of thieves hacking into payment machines at a central Auckland carpark.