Motel Fraud

Oh dear! It looks like a former Taranaki motel manager went off the rails.

I wonder if you can run a motel if you are sentenced to home detention?

"A former Stratford motel manager and prolific gambler was yesterday convicted of conning trusting elderly people out of their savings after pleading guilty mid-trial.

Steven Francis Younger, 45, also admitted changing the names on Antonio Mews Motel cheques to the value of $5530.

The money was paid to the motel by sports teams who stayed there in July and August 2011..."

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