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Second Gisborne finance director pleads guilty
Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.
Former Rockforte Finance director John Patrick Gardner has plead guilty to five Crimes Act charges in the High Court at Gisborne today.
"The plan is hatched and sounds sensible,'' New Zealand's Darrell Read told Tokyo trader Tom Hayes - an alleged co-conspirator in the Libor rates rigging scandal
A Christchurch financial adviser whose clients lost $6 million in Ross Asset Management's collapse has been censured and fined $4000.
A corruption inquiry at Auckland Transport has widened as a manager under suspicion has gone on sick leave.
The incoming boss of the Serious Fraud Office has a "strong pedigree in criminal prosecutions" and is a great fit for the job, says her counterpart at the FMA.
The new boss for the Serious Fraud Office has been named as Australian Julie Read.
Auckland Transport has sacked a senior manager amid an investigation into allegations of corruption over roading contracts.
David Ross had the outward appearance of a successful businessman - he lived in a $2.2 million home, owned expensive paintings, drove a Mercedes, and told clients he holidayed around the world.
An Auckland businesswoman alleged to be at the centre of a $9.2 million mortgage ramping scheme involving her siblings and friends has pleaded not guilty to 26 charges.
Wellington financial adviser David Ross pleads guilty to charges relating to running a Ponzi scheme.
Five Star founder Neill Williams has had 17 months added to his jail sentence for what prosecutors called "very cynical fraud".
Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.
Three directors of Dominion Finance and North South Finance were all sentenced to at least 10 months' home detention today.
A 42-year-old foreign exchange trader has pleaded guilty to stealing from investors that included his family and friends.
Shares in Wynyard Group gained ground after the intelligence software developer signed up the Serious Fraud Office as its latest customer for an undisclosed sum.
Serious Fraud Office investigation and prosecution numbers have dropped by about a quarter but its boss warns that is no indication there is less white collar crime.
Diplomats and ministers are grappling with thorny issues as they work to secure New Zealand a seat on the UN Security Council for 2015-16.
An Auckland businesswoman accused over a $9.2 million mortgage ramping scheme is expected to enter a plea at her next appearance.
David Ross appeared briefly in the Wellington District Court this morning, where hearings were adjourned to August 22.
A former North Island mayor has applied for the High Court to dismiss some of the charges he is facing in a Serious Fraud Office case.
Three more charges have been laid today against the alleged Ponzi-schemer David Ross.
More than half a decade after authorities began probing the failed Five Star Group, founder Neill Williams has pleaded guilty to the last of the charges he faced.
Five Star founder Neill Williams - the so-called "puppeteer" at the failed finance group - has changed his plea to guilty, just four days into his trial.