A total of 300 cases relating to fraud have been laid down by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in which two men are involved. The total money involved in this amounts to $840,000 and it has been taken away from the North Shore City Council.

Names of the two frauds are- Hemant Kumar Maharaj, who is 57 year old and Suresh Din whose age is 56 years. Both these people are a citizen of Auckland land and have entered NO for 73 counts.

Raghu Aryasomayajula, 38 has recently been found guilty of running an elaborative mortgage fraud scheme under which he paid many people with a view to borrow millions of dollars for mortgages for him.

Soon after the Feilding bar was held up at knife-point on the weekend, the cops have started to investigate about the armed robbery.

New Zealand police has done a media release announcing for the previous fiscal year crime statistics which shows that crime has levelled off and shown a small decrease. This is an encouraging sign and dedication on part of police. There were around 441,960 recorded offences compared to 442,540 in the previous year and resolved cases were around 523 more than previous year.

In a widely publicized case, a Christchurch musician, who has already been convicted for assaulting his four-year-old son, will be arguing his case before the Supreme Court in the month of October. This case has managed to attract a lot of publicity and is also being seen as a test case for people who are supporting the anti-smacking legislation.

A Ghanaian "casanova" phony, has been investigated by Waihi police for befriending Kiwi women over the internet. The police have managed to discover that he had been using more pseudonyms.

As per detective Simon Everson of the Waihi CIB, a Ghanaian man had been pursuing Kiwi women on social networking sites.