Failed business dealings and pending court charges may not preclude a foreign purchase of NZ dairy farms.

Investors owed millions of dollars by a NZ man want to know why he appears to have gone unpunished, despite being charged with fraud in the US.

The ASB bank investment adviser who stole $17.8m charged his parents interest on a loan to move into a retirement home - then asked for the money back when his fraud was discovered.

The Serious Fraud Office expects to know by the end of March what further action it will take on finance companies under investigation.

A victim of Stephen Versalko's $17.8 million fraud has spoken of the day she was told he had been "naughty" and had defrauded her and 25 other investors out of millions of dollars.

If it wasn't for Bernie Madoff, Stephen Versalko could still be stealing millions.

The scale of the fraud makes Stephen Versalko's case the largest single employment theft in New Zealand history.

At least $15 million is now believed to be missing from an Auckland financial advisory firm, according to investigators probing the collapse of the company.

Blue Chip boss Mark Bryers has revealed his need for psychological help to deal with the collapse of his business empire.

Blue Chip investors are vowing an angry mob will turn up to court for the sentencing of property company co-founder Mark Bryers.

A former ASB investment adviser who stole nearly $18 million is likely to repay just $3m to $5m to the bank.

Details of how a former investment banker stole nearly $18 million in NZ's largest employee theft will stay secret until the man is sentenced next month.

A young high-flier at the centre of an alleged multi-million dollar bank mortgage fraud sold his house and is believed to have fled to Australia.

No one from the UK arm of Bernard Madoff's fraudulent investment business will face prosecution, the Serious Fraud Office has decided.