Kerre Woodham: Utterly hooked

Stephen Versalko. Photo / Dean Purcell

On the fraudster Stephen Versalko, you can't help but feel sorry for his family.

They clearly had no idea Versalko was robbing widows blind, and it's an unusual name - not for them the luxury of a crooked family man getting name suppression. Unlike the kiddy porn watcher in Palmerston North.

Eighteen million bucks over nine years is a lot of money but it's where the money was spent that is so remarkable. Nearly $4m on two hookers - Versalko is clearly a man who got more bang for his bucks.