Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Using a benefit as camouflage

Here's a perfect example of people using a benefit as camouflage (albeit not a very successful one). I mean they surely didn't need the money.

Three solo mothers, one of whom is known locally as "the queen of green" and is seven months pregnant, have been sent to prison for a cannabis operation that netted them up to $340,000 in four months last year for selling "tinnies" from a state house in Napier.
A "tinny" is a small tinfoil-wrapped package containing between 0.6 and 1.2 grams of cannabis, which sells for about $20.
Business was so good during the four months that they sold a $20 tinny every minute and the number of customers so great that their cars would clog up the street...... The four offenders, who are all beneficiaries, appeared for sentencing before Judge Tony Adeane in Napier District Court last week.

5 comments:

S. Beast said...

How can you state that they were using a benefit as camouflage when cars were clogging up the street?

These ladies clearly didn't excel at subterfuge.

Between them two HNZ homes were used (more subsidies). Hope the IRD pings them good for estimated income, the ungrateful shits.

HNZ spokesman says, "none of the offenders had been tenants" - so? The properties were still used to sell drugs making it problematic for subsequent tenants and dragging down the neighbourhood. HNZ can't seem to get the balance right between compassion and being used.

Lindsay Mitchell said...

Thinking more about authorities that would never have been anywhere near their place of abode.

Richard said...

Three highly successful businesswomen have been sent to prison for benefit fraud.

Oops, wrong planet.

Anonymous said...

So demoralising...if only the welfare system could be gone by dinner!!!

Anonymous said...

Any comment from Shearer, Mallard, Moroney, Ardern yet?