UK ponzi scheme took in £14m savings from 350 victims
To his clients, Terry Freeman had all the trappings of a multimillionaire City of London trader.
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Mrs Hotchin 'I'm not selfish, I care'
The wife of Hanover Finance boss Mark Hotchin, Amanda, says she has been wrongly portrayed in the media.
<i>Fran O'Sullivan:</i> Plenty of zeroes and a few heroes for 2010
Hanover Finance shareholders Mark Hotchin and Eric Watson were the major business notables to fall from grace.
SFO investigating Mutual Finance
The Serious Fraud Office has opened a probe into the dealings of failed minor lender Mutual Finance Ltd.
<i>Bernard Hickey:</i> Hotchin deserves all the heat
In olden times, the mob would deliver justice via the guillotine and celebrate the deed by parading the guilty person's head on a pike.
Hotchin had removal company booked
Mark Hotchin had already arranged for a removal company to pick up household items before a court order froze his NZ assets.
Sympathy in short supply from Hanover investor
Burned Hanover Finance investor George Craddock will be working on Christmas Day - a decision the 58-year-old says he has no control over.
Finance company sector's 'legacy of problem loans'
The finance company sector has a "legacy of problem loans" that are proving difficult to dispose of or recover despite improvements in profitability, margins and volume growth this year.
Hotchin's Porsche, Mercedes bid rejected
Hanover Finance founder Mark Hotchin has had his bid to transport a Mercedes and a Porsche to Australia rejected, in the High Court at Auckland today. He withdrew his application for more than $1000 a week in allowance.
Mark Hotchin hot and bothered in luxury hideaway
Mark Hotchin is living a life few Kiwis could dream of, despite a court order freezing his NZ assets.
Eric Watson joins watchdog list
Jetsetting businessman Eric Watson, the co-founder of failed Hanover Finance, is in the sights of the Securities Commission and a lawyer representing desperate investors after the assets of co-founder Mark Hotchin were frozen this week.
Trust runs $9.8m Hotchin beach house
Interests closely associated with Mark Hotchin still control an opulent $9.8m Waiheke Island beachhead.
Jean Jones caught in new SFO probe
The swirl of official investigations surrounding failed finance company Rockforte is growing, with the Serious Fraud Office confirming a probe that will almost certainly shed light on the failure of the Jean Jones clothing chain.
Capital + Merchant directors arrested, charged by SFO
The Serious Fraud Office has laid charges against two directors of collapsed finance company Capital + Merchant.
<i>Inside Money: </i> Got the finance company blues
All the moaning about the Securities Commission being a bunch of useless layabouts has finally paid off with the release of this truly depressing communiqué.