Wayne Thomas Patterson

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Wayne Thomas Patterson is a fraudster who used 123 different identities to defraud the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) in New Zealand of an estimate $3.48 million in welfare benefits during 2003 and 2006. [1] [2]

In 2023 Patterson was again convicted and sentenced to four years and nine months prison on charges of burglary, accessing a computer system for dishonesty, arson, attempted arson and theft, following an attempt to purchase gold online using access to the home of a Martinborough couple he had while working as an electrical tradesman. [3]

  1. ↑ Fisher, David (5 November 2006). "Accused benefit fraudster hid $1m in home and garden". NZ Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Benefit fraud king Wayne Patterson wants plug pulled on device monitoring". Stuff. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fraudster's gold scheme foiled by postie". NZ Herald. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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