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Benefit cheat had big assets |
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Written by Waikato Times
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Wednesday, 21 July 2010 |
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By BEN STANLEY
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Waikato Times
 A former Whangamata beneficiary who part-owned almost $1 million
worth of property has been handed 350 hours community service after
fraudulently obtaining more than $100,000 in benefit payments.
Graham Taylor, 56, was sentenced in the Thames District Court
yesterday after pleading guilty to one charge of using a document to
obtain a pecuniary advantage and another of failing to disclose assets
for benefits received between 2000 and 2009.
Taylor received nearly $110,000 worth of various benefit payments from
the Ministry of Social Development, yet failed to declare he part-owned
three properties around Whangamata worth more than $985,000 as well as
having a large amount of cash. He paid back the debt in full earlier
this year.
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