A scammer who faked credit applications to get aviation gas, rent, TVs, groceries, even a temporary liquor licence, has pleaded guilty today.
Ray Vincent Bishop, 24, used his fraudulent scheme in Nelson, Wellington and Taupo to rack up crimes with a price-tag of more than $48,000.
But police eventually caught up with him, and he appeared in the dock at Christchurch District Court today.
The driller pleaded guilty to 12 charges of obtaining by deception.
The court heard that he filled out various companies' credit application forms to get the goods and services throughout 2011.