Armed gang grabs cash, jewels in string of raids
A highly organised gang is believed to have escaped with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery in a string of armed raids across Auckland.
A highly organised gang is believed to have escaped with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and jewellery in a string of armed raids across Auckland.
A Hamilton man now facing burglary charges told businesses he was robbing he was after a job if he was confronted, say police.
Cheapskate backpackers have forced a Queenstown supermarket to introduce a ticketing system for buying Bluff oysters.
Two men held a knife to a taxi driver's throat before pushing him out of his cab and driving off - for $30 in coins.
An armed robber ordered customers to the floor while an accomplice fled with a "substantial amount" of cash from a bank yesterday.
The wife of the $18 million ASB fraudster has spoken of her pain as other family lash out at the big-spending criminal.
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.
If it wasn't for Bernie Madoff, Stephen Versalko could still be stealing millions.
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.
The scale of the fraud makes Stephen Versalko's case the largest single employment theft in New Zealand history.
Customers who fail to read the fine print could find themselves out of pocket should their PIN numbers be compromised.
A young father was stabbed with a steak knife and bitten after he confronted two burglars - both young women - in an incident police say could easily have ended in tragedy.