11 Oct 2022

Crimes NZ: Conman Wayne Eaglesome

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 11 October 2022

Today's Crimes NZ episode looks back on two decades of deceit, fraud and sexual assaults of one of Aotearoa's most prolific con-men Wayne Eaglesome.

He's got 40 different aliases he uses and has 250 convictions for fraud and sex offences. He's also still on the run.

Stuff's senior crime reporter, Sam Sherwood's been covering Eaglesome's case for the past 6 years and has even spoken to the recidivist fraudster. Sam talks to Jesse about the criminal career of Eaglesome and where he believes he is now.

A man in handcuffs

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