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A West Auckland man who admitted to New Zealand's biggest known benefit fraud has had his sentencing delayed.
Wayne Patterson, 47, was due to be sentenced in Waitakere District Court today after admitting in November last year that he got more than $3.2 million from taxpayers in superannuation and welfare benefits.
However, the sentencing was put off and he is now expected to learn what penalty he will receive next month.
A raid on Patterson's flat in the west Auckland suburb of Massey had uncovered $750,000 of cas h buried in the garden, $200,000 and 18 gold bars hidden under the shower, $13,000 in his car, and boxes of fake birth certificates, bank cards, driver licences and passports.
Patterson pleaded guilty to 10 charges of identity crimes and forgery when he appeared at Waitakere District Court on November 15.
- NZPA
