Wayne Thomas Patterson
New Zealand fraudster
About Wayne Thomas Patterson
Wayne Thomas Patterson was a New Zealand.
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.
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.
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New Zealand fraudster
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wayne Thomas Patterson. https://biography.guide/wayne-thomas-patterson/
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