Inside New Zealand Catching the King of Benefit Cheats
The story of Kiwi man Wayne Patterson, officially the world's biggest ever benefit fraudster stealing more than $3.4 million dollars in just three years. This riveting documentary recreates how Patterson created 123 identities to steal the cash and the painstaking operation used to catch him out and untangle his sophisticated global investments
Primary Title
- Inside New Zealand
Secondary Title
- Catching the King of Benefit Cheats
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 9 December 2009
Start Time
- 21 : 30
Finish Time
- 23 : 00
Duration
- 90:00
Channel
- TV3
Broadcaster
- TVWorks
Episode Description
- The story of Kiwi man Wayne Patterson, officially the world's biggest ever benefit fraudster stealing more than $3.4 million dollars in just three years. This riveting documentary recreates how Patterson created 123 identities to steal the cash and the painstaking operation used to catch him out and untangle his sophisticated global investments
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- Maori
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.