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Fake ‘Tahitian Prince’ Jailed For Fraud In Australia Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/20/2013 - 00:00
Fake ‘Tahitian Prince’ Jailed For Fraud In Australia New Zealand-born man diverted over $16.6 million in public money
MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, March 19, 2013) – A man who claimed to be a Tahitian prince has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for defrauding the Queensland government of more than AU$16 million [US$16.6 million].
Fake prince, Joel Barlow, pleaded guilty at his sentencing hearing at Brisbane s District Court.
New Zealand-born Hohepa Hikairo Joel Morehu-Barlow, 38, admitted to a string of offences, including forgery and aggravated fraud as an employee.
He committed the offences while working as a middle manager for Queensland Health between October 2007 and December 2011.