A former Auckland Council manager and an outside contractor have been found guilty on most corruption charges they faced.

Two people charged in a $40 million mortgage fraud case where alleged kickbacks were paid to bank staff can now be named.

Four people charged in a mortgage fraud case involving more than $40 million of loans and accusations of kickbacks to bank staff have pleaded not guilty.

Over the past eight weeks the High Court at Auckland has hosted a rare prosecution of alleged corruption in the New Zealand public service.

Evidence heard supports the contention that it was at worst an employment issue, says defence lawyer.

A successful campaign for the release of terminally ill fraudster Vicki Letele illustrates one of society's most difficult decisions, writes David Fisher.

Tens of thousands of dollars of council payments in early 2011 were described in court as the "very essence of corruption", as the

A former Ministry of Transport manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding the agency of $726,000.

Barrie George speaks in court of the first time he accepted bribes from a roading contractor, describing it as the start of a "merry-go-round".

Barrie George received his sentence today after earlier pleading guilty to corruption charges.

A former Ministry of Transport boss who allegedly stole more than $700,000 through false contracts has been denied bail. Joanne

Former Treaty negotiator has taken the stand in the High Court where he is accused of defrauding the Wellington Tenths Trust.

Joanne Harrison, accused of stealing more than $700,000 entered no plea because her lawyer wasn't present.

Mercury is attempting to get hold of the assets of its jailed former engineer and his estranged wife. Police have also filed an application

A former Ministry of Transport manager is back in New Zealand and has appeared in court on dishonesty charges.

Former Maori leader Ngatata Love has been taken to hospital as his fraud trial entered its second week.

A former tax agent who didn't pay his clients' tax to the Inland Revenue Department and falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in

Name suppression lifted in bribery case.

Thousands of dollars of public money has gone missing - and Labour wants to know why the Transport Minister tried to keep the matter quiet.

An insurance broker who cooked documents to get credit spent his time in jail improving his culinary skills. In 2014, Grant Malcolm

A man described in 2010 as an investment manager whose company catered to the wealthy is being investigated by the SFO and FMA.

The estranged wife of a former Mighty River Power (MRP) engineer is appealing her convictions for helping him defraud the energy company. Paul

COMMENT: Is Auckland's hot property market enticing some buyers to stray into dishonesty?

When the police raided the Auckland home of fraudster Eli Devoy, they found a "veritable Aladdin's cave of compromising material".

Eli Devoy faces jail over fraudulent scheme involving 11 Auckland properties.

Upper Hutt College was swindled out of $375,000 by its former executive officer Donald Hancox, who today pleaded guilty to 10 fraud charges.

Convicted South Canterbury Finance director Ed Sullivan has been censured by a lawyer's tribunal for the third time in less than a decade.

A top lawyer being double-booked isn't enough for Callaghan Innovation to put off a defamation and breach of contract lawsuit brought against it by Trends Publishing International.

Intueri Group's financial statements have been tagged by its auditor over the company's ability to continue as a going concern.