The Serious Fraud Office wants tougher penalties for people found guilty of corruption in the private sector.

The chief executive of Kim Dotcom's latest start-up, the boss of the Financial Markets Authority, a former police detective and a Buddhist nun are at a conference beginning in Auckland today.

Failed Dominion Finance director Ann Butler has pleaded guilty to seven charges of making untrue statements to prospective investors.

The Serious Fraud Office will not prosecute anyone over the collapse of Hanover Finance because ... well, it's too hard.

Mark Hotchin has been keeping his head down. These days, he's a stay-at-home family man who enjoys a game of tennis and swimming.

A Serious Fraud Office investigation has found evidence inconsistent with former Allied Farmers chief executive Rob Alloway's complaint over the conduct of Hanover Finance, a source says.

It is good that we finally have the Serious Fraud Office's decision on Hanover. Obviously those under investigation will be relieved at the outcome. T

The Serious Fraud Office has stopped a long way short of issuing Hanover Finance and its key protagonists - Eric Watson and Mark Hotchin - a clean bill of health.

A life ban for a lawyer accused of stealing $3 million from clients was "the only appropriate penalty", the Law Society says.

The Serious Fraud Office says it will not be making any prosecutions around the collapse of Hanover Finance.

The Serious Fraud Office is expected to make an announcement regarding Hanover Finance early this week.

From drug-dealing grannies with a penchant for diamond rings to white collar fraudsters, those who profit from crime are in the crosshairs of police.

Robert Whale expressed relief yesterday when he was acquitted in a Serious Fraud Office case, but the former Dominion Finance director still has to return to the High Court in June for separate Financial Markets Authority proceedings.

A man who escaped conviction following the Dominion Finance trial is likely have his name suppressed permanently.

Former Dominion Finance and North South Finance director Terry Butler has died.

A cancer charity has suspended fundraising in New Zealand amid questions over how its money is spent.

A number of "grossly imprudent" transactions between Dominion Finance and its sister firm were "a cash grab" so the now-failed company could meet its obligations to investors, a Crown lawyer said yesterday.

Personal financial pressure has edged out greed as the number one motivation among perpetrators of fraud in New Zealand, according to a survey.

Dozens of racing clubs in the south have been ordered to hand over files as part of a Serious Fraud Office probe into pokie grants.

The Serious Fraud Office spent $195,000 on public relations advice in one year.

Four Lombard Finance directors could face tougher sentences as their case goes to the Court of Appeal this week.

A British company offering huge financial returns to NZ investors is registered to a woman living in an offshore tax haven who was also linked to nearly 180 shell companies here.