He made a career of ripping people off at every opportunity, but now that he has a legitimate stash of cash he can lawfully claim as his own, he's nowhere to be found. Euan Laycock, 60, has conned people up and down the country. That means he misses out on the $11,896.31 that was left to him and it goes to his brother instead. The executors applied to the High Court for an order to distribute the estate "as if Euan Laycock never existed". In Nelson in 2001 he was jailed for 18 months after admitting 105 fraud and theft charges involving more than $37,000.

Source: Stuff June 06, 2019 01:07 UTC