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Jailed British scammer who refused to name co-offenders may inherit share of $337k theft, judge warns

24 June 2025
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Jailed British scammer who refused to name co-offenders may inherit share of 7k theft, judge warns
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A British man who helped steal $337,700 from 21 mostly elderly Auckland scam victims refused to cooperate with police and stands to inherit his share of the loot when he’s released from prison, a judge says.

The judge has thrown out Jack Hennessy’s appeal against the length of his sentence,
warning the incarcerated fraudster β€œit could well have been higher”.

The 26-year-old is serving three years and three months in jail after pleading guilty to 25 counts of obtaining by deception in offending labelled β€œreprehensible”, premeditated and β€œcarried out with almost military-like precision”.

He used taxis to visit victims’ homes, posing as a plain-clothed police courier to collect large amounts of cash using prearranged code words.

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