A stalwart of the racing industry among those facing claims of a $30 million pokie fraud has spoken of the sport being starved of cash.

A former chairman of Harness Racing NZ and three others have been charged over an alleged $30m pokie fraud, in the biggest case ever of its kind outside of a casino.

When name suppression on Alex Swney was lifted in October, revealing he was being prosecuted on 39 counts of tax evasion, Swney was flanked by his wife Angeline and David Jones, QC.

After months of maintaining his innocence ex-Heart of the City boss Alex Swney phoned his parents to say he was going to plead guilty to nearly $1.8m in tax evasion.

Liquidators probing the collapse of a clothing business have complained records were destroyed.

The Commerce Minister has rejected a request from David Ross' burned investors to look into the country's claw-back regime as the first court case looms.

The Government was warned a recycling contractor was collecting an excessive salary and his company was insolvent months before his firm collapsed losing millions of taxpayer dollars.

An Auckland publishing company that got $330,000 of taxpayer money is complaining it was treated unfairly after its funding was suspended.

Think your company is immune from employee fraud? Better think again, investigators tell Helen Twose.

Police are targeting more assets associated with a businessman serving the longest prison sentence given to any failed finance company director.

A multi-million dollar insurance claim by Bridgecorp's receivers against Lloyd's Underwriters in London has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

Judith Collins talked of being "let down" after being cleared of allegations that she was involved in a smear campaign against Adam Feeley, the former chief executive of the Serious Fraud Office.

A "predatory" Dunedin lawyer who stole $2.8 million from 32 clients over 21 years in one of the longest-running frauds in NZ history has today been jailed for more than eight years.

A probe that has already uncovered nearly $10 million in misappropriated tertiary funding is to be expanded to include a dozen suspect programmes around the country.

Police are eyeing money from the sale of three houses owned by a couple accused of defrauding NZX-listed Mighty River Power.

A man accused of involvement in a $47 million mortgage fraud eight years ago has finally been charged.

The taxpayer's bill for the South Canterbury Finance prosecution could be nearing $1.5 million and might balloon if acquitted defendants push for costs.

Bungled handling of a secret government report has revealed alarming levels of fraud at the Accident Compensation Corporation scheme and in the health sector.

A now-bankrupt insurance broker who shared a kickback with a senior Bunnings manager in order to keep the store's business has been jailed for four years.

The Serious Fraud Office is defending its decision to bring charges against three former South Canterbury Finance heads after two of the trio were acquitted yesterday.

A former director of South Canterbury Finance found guilty of making false statements couldn't hide his anger at the verdict as he left a Timaru courtroom today.

It was labelled the biggest fraud case in NZ’s history but has ended up the biggest courtroom loss for the Serious Fraud Office in a finance company trial so far.

The fate of three businessmen accused of masterminding the "biggest fraud in New Zealand's history" will be determined tomorrow morning.

When John Key dumped Judith Collins at the height of the Dirty Politics affair, he refused to disclose who gave him a copy of the email that prompted him to dump her from the Cabinet.

The SFO trial against former New Zealand Wine Company chief executive Peter Scutts has been delayed because of key defence witness having surgery.

A Dunedin lawyer has today admitted being behind a Ponzi scheme where he stole $2.8 million from clients over 21 years.