Liquidators are trying to claw back some of this money and have served formal legal notices on 12 Arena Capital investors.

Christchurch-based foreign exchange firm owes clients $7 million.

Acquitted South Canterbury Finance chief executive Lachie McLeod was won court costs back from the Crown.

Our squeaky-clean reputation has been undermined by record migration from countries where corruption is high, says the Serious Fraud Office.

The husband of a woman allegedly at the heart of a $6 million mortgage fraud has been summoned as a prosecution witness in the case against her.

The Serious Fraud Office has confirmed it is investigating Intueri Education Group.

Investors owed $2.7 million by a failed bullion company may now try to bankrupt its jailed boss, who prosecutors say ran a "bogus, fraudulent scheme".

An Auckland man charged by the Serious Fraud Office of trying to bribe an Auckland Council employee has been found not guilty.

Are Serious Fraud Office investigators taking a softer approach, or is it just that its targets are becoming more co-operative?

A former tax agent who allegedly falsified 250 GST and income tax returns in order to keep client money has been charged with fraud.

The man behind a failed infant milk formula and Manuka honey exporting business that has drawn the attention of the Serious Fraud Office had presided over a similar failed business.

John George Russell - accountant, former merchant banker, 81-year-old and some $500 million in debt to the IRD - is finally raising the white flag.

Serious Fraud Office investigating fraud involving developers, company directors, property valuers and lawyers.

The number of prosecutions launched by the Serious Fraud Office in the past year is at its lowest level in at least a decade.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating an exporter of infant milk powder and manuka honey that receivers say collapsed owing more than $1 million.

Patrick John Renshaw was today sentenced to 10 months' home detention for company tax offences.

A woman who ripped off taxpayers for more than $300,000 over 17 years would take 587 years to pay back the stolen funds.

The SFO has laid charges against Victor John Clarke, a former director of failed media company MediaWeb, for alleged offending involving $2.2 million.

Perpetual Trust, formerly owned by Pyne Gould Corporation, was C+M's trustee, tasked with protecting the interest of investors.

The Sensible Sentencing Trust says the early release of a fraudster sets a dangerous precedent on how white collar criminals are punished.

A tiny surplus has been paid to some investors in one of Allan Hubbard's failed investment vehicles.

Rod Petricevic is serving a 6 years and 10 months sentence for misleading investors and using company funds to buy a luxury boat.

Three top transport officials accused of bribery totalling more than $1 million look set to go to trial.

A Tauranga man accused of conning people out of millions to support his lifestyle for decades has today had fraud charges laid against him.

A former immigration official and a cohort caught taking cash sweeteners to help get people into New Zealand have today admitted corruption and bribery charges.

Brett Donaldson was labelled a fraudster, but after six years he has won his fight with the Serious Fraud Office, which has been banned from prosecuting him again.

Andrew Hrothgar Robinson has been sentenced to six years in jail this morning for stealing more than $3 million.

Peter Scutts will serve a sentence of 8 months' home detention after being found to have taken almost $65,000 in kickbacks.