One of the criminal figures depicted in the Australian TV series Underbelly planned retribution against confidence trickster Loizos Michaels' partner in crime.

Loizos Michaels could talk the shirt off your back and the money from your bank account.

A fallen property hotshot wants to move on after escaping a prison sentence for faking documents to try to save his friend from bankruptcy.

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.

The Serious Fraud Office is investigating a US-based funds provider with links to the case of fraudster Jacqui Bradley.

Embattled Wellington financial advisor David Ross has been released from hospital.

The SFO is investigating fund manager David Ross and his firm after receivers found records for $10.2 million of the $449.6 million he purportedly managed.

An alleged conman says a meeting in a Marcos racing car, in which he was said to have pocketed thousands of dollars from a film executive, never took place.

Loizos Michaels' allegedly managed to take over $3 million from his victims, including casino executives and owners of luxury apartments.

An alleged conman claimed the rich Australian Packer family was helping fund a major casino development worth "tens of millions of dollars'', a court has been told.

Bridgecorp was insolvent from at least February 2006 - a year and a half before it collapsed, its receiver alleges in civil action against three former directors.

A woman living in the country's most valuable state house cheated WINZ out of more than $88,000 by hiding her relationship for six years.

A 58-year-old Auckland women is facing numerous Crimes Act charges after she allegedly spent $1 million belonging to her sister.

Six people have been arrested over a $1.6 million invoice scam which involved the sale of advertising in magazines that did not exist or were not as widely circulated as claimed.

The Serious Fraud Office has charged options trader Greg Arnott for using some $2.5 million of investor funds for other purposes, and may charge another person.

Jailed National Finance boss Trevor Allan Ludlow is appealing his sentence on the grounds it was "manifestly excessive" but has been denied bail to prepare for the hearing.

If the collapse of NZ's finance companies left a stench wafting through the business community, Adam Feeley says the jailing of dishonest directors has sent a chill blowing through boardrooms.