Key player in $1.5m ACC fraud, Jacqueline Whaanga, described as ‘most self-entitled woman in court all year’

A judge has described Jacqueline Whaanga, a key figure in a significant ACC fraud scheme attempting to steal over $1.5 million, as “one of the most self-entitled women” he has encountered this year. Whaanga, deemed equally culpable as her co-offender Ashleah Mei Te Hira, follows the sentencing of three accomplices to home detention for their fraudulent activities.

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