Auckland Council is praising the swift reporting of its staff for allowing an attempted bribery case to reach the courts.

Liquidators of the Ross Asset Management group of companies, found to be a ponzi scheme, are looking to claw back $954,000 one investor withdrew.

Half of all inspections of pubs and clubs with pokie machines identify breaches or non-compliance with the law.

A dispute has again thrown up complaints that misused shell companies.

The biggest investor in one of Allan Hubbard's shambolic businesses has come out on top after a High Court hearing over how much money he is entitled to.

A fraudster who sweet-talked two elderly women and ripped them off for nearly $400,000 - their life savings - has been blasted by

The boss of a local fund manager has welcomed efforts by the country's financial regulator to crack down on market manipulation.

Jailed Bridgecorp boss Rod Petricevic has been denied parole again as he appears to have failed to come to grips with the true nature of his offending.

Glenda Wynyard is accused of lying to save a business that supported her lifestyle but her lawyer claims prosecutors are trying to turn her paying one creditor into "something more sinister".

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.

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.

The Serious Fraud Office's highly-trumpeted "largest ever" fraud case in New Zealand history has ended with a broke ex-lawyer getting home detention.

The Crown says one of the defendants in an ad scam trial was a "parasite" but the defence claims some people who bought ads from him were just "stupid".

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.