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Suppression encourages 'predators'
The granting of name suppression to a man who possessed images of child rape sanctions the behaviour of "sexual predators", the Sensible Sentencing Trust says. Videos and files showed kids as young as 18 months in sex acts.

SFO lays 90 fraud charges in LWR collapse
The SFO probe into the collapse of Canterbury clothing maker LWR has resulted in criminal charges being laid against its director Kenneth James Anderson and one other.

Fran O'Sullivan: Petricevic ruling common sense
Rod Petricevic was delivered a sharp lesson in the High Court at Auckland yesterday that justice will be served in the Bridgecorp trial irrespective of whether he says he can afford it or not.

Hell Pizza feels heat of SFO probe
The Serious Fraud Office raided Hell Pizza this week and the Herald on Sunday has learnt more in recent days about the high-profile company's party culture. But the Hell's flamboyant boss insists that they have done nothing wrong

Blue Chip papers lay bare the money woes
The troubled management of the collapsed Blue Chip empire has been laid bare in company documents.

Former iwi social services boss found guilty of fraud
A former iwi social services boss has been found guilty on fraud charges totalling about $147,500.

Fraud probe launched at Catholic society
Police and the Serious Fraud Office have announced they are looking into allegations of employee fraud at the Hibernian Catholic Benefit Society.

'False claims' lifted funding
Childcare managers made false claims about where they worked that helped the country's largest daycare company boost its taxpayer funding to $60 million, documents show.