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Wayne Thomas Patterson

New Zealand fraudster

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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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Who was Wayne Thomas Patterson?

New Zealand fraudster

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Wayne Thomas Patterson was New Zealand.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Wayne Thomas Patterson

· Wikidata: Q7976667

· DBpedia: Wayne Thomas Patterson

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