Confiscated gold turned into coin

[jeff of pa]

A million-dollar stash of gold hidden by New Zealand's biggest benefit fraudster has made everyone a little richer.


The government confiscated the haul when Police caught Wayne Patterson.


Now the government has sold the gold, which it had come to own by accident.

In October 2006, Patterson was arrested for multiple benefit fraud. He had assumed 123 different identities and was being paid $50,000 in benefits every fortnight.


When Police raided his house, they found the gold and cash hidden in secret compartments. Some was also buried in the garden.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1840448

 

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[Roadquest]

Interesting

 

[pegleglooker]

For those who don't know a fortnight is 2 weeks..

PLL

 

[allen]

Awesome...

 

[pegleglooker]

did any of you catch this at the end

Sadly for Patterson, the profit of nearly $300,000 goes to everyone, after the cost of his eight year prison sentence has been taken out.

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PLL

 

[Burdie]

Did they find all the loot that was buried.

Burdie