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![Watchdog still mulling Hanover charges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Watchdog still mulling Hanover charges
The SFO has spent longer considering charges after the Hanover collapse than in the case of any other finance company it has probed.
![Angry house buyers want action](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Angry house buyers want action
Angry home buyers and investors are running out of patience over a troubled housing development that promised massive returns.
![Fran O'Sullivan: Five pieces of unfinished business](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fran O'Sullivan: Five pieces of unfinished business
Fran O'Sullivan looks at five 'nuggety issues' that look likely to hog business headlines in coming months.
![Home detention for 'hoodwinking'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Home detention for 'hoodwinking'
Former property developer and insurance broker Marcus Friedlander has been sentenced to seven months home detention after he attempted to hoodwink investors.
![Ex-SFO lawyer's fall from grace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ex-SFO lawyer's fall from grace
The former high-flying barrister was one of a select few to be honoured with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee SPCA Volunteer Medal at the Government House ceremony, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to animal cruelty prevention.
![Complaint over lawyer's treatment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Complaint over lawyer's treatment
The New Zealand Law Society is investigating a complaint over the way a former top barrister and prosecutor was treated in the Auckland District Court this week.
![Fertility drug's side-effects blamed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Fertility drug's side-effects blamed
A former prosecutor and barrister who pleaded guilty to forgery charges has been discharged without conviction after a court heard of a fertility drug's disastrous side-effects.
![Adviser jailed for stealing $4.7m](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Adviser jailed for stealing $4.7m
A financial adviser has been sentenced to six years and two months in prison after stealing $4.7 million from investors, many of whom were family and friends.
![Ex-SFO prosecutor pleads guilty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ex-SFO prosecutor pleads guilty
A former Serious Fraud Office chief prosecutor has pleaded guilty to forgery charges but was this morning discharged without conviction.
![Ross investors face 'terrible legal battle'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Ross investors face 'terrible legal battle'
If it is determined that David Ross was running a Ponzi scheme, investors face a major legal fight to recover their funds, says investor spokesman Bruce Tichbon.
![Mafia boss plotted scam revenge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Mafia boss plotted scam revenge
One of the criminal figures depicted in the Australian TV series Underbelly planned retribution against confidence trickster Loizos Michaels' partner in crime.
![Would I lie to you?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Would I lie to you?
Loizos Michaels could talk the shirt off your back and the money from your bank account.
!['Poor little rich boy' gets home detention](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
'Poor little rich boy' gets home detention
A fallen property hotshot wants to move on after escaping a prison sentence for faking documents to try to save his friend from bankruptcy.
![Crooked property developer avoids jail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Crooked property developer avoids jail
A 31-year-old property developer who sent false documents to the High Court in an effort to save his friend from going bankrupt has escaped jail time.
![SFO investigating US funds provider](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
SFO investigating US funds provider
The Serious Fraud Office is investigating a US-based funds provider with links to the case of fraudster Jacqui Bradley.
![Financial advisor Ross out of hospital](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=810)
Financial advisor Ross out of hospital
Embattled Wellington financial advisor David Ross has been released from hospital.