A Kiwi is accused of masterminding a $58 million investment scheme labelled a scam by Australian authorities.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating claims that Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic used investors' money to pay $1m to a company run by a woman he was in a relationship with.

Local job seekers are being tricked into helping cyber criminals launder money.

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.

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.

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.