Fraudster and self-professed 'armed maniac' John Fagan bankruptMURRAY WILSON/STUFF Fraudster John Grant Fagan, pictured being arrested after escaping a prison work gang in 2014, has been bankrupted when he went on the run from a prison work gang in 2014. John Grant Fagan is a man of many titles: embezzler, fraudster, prison escapee, armed maniac and kidnapper. Fagan was made bankrupt by Associate Judge Warwick Smith on Wednesday in the High Court at Wellington over income tax and student loan debts. Fagan's offer to pay off $69,378 through various means, including his "work to release" income, falling flat. He phoned Sir Paul Holmes' NewstalkZB radio show, infamously introducing himself as "John Fagan, armed maniac here".

Source: Stuff September 14, 2017 00:22 UTC