Welfare cheat cauhgt on Facebook.com in New Zealand

You can cheat people some of the time but you cannot cheat all the people all the time. This is the saying that proved to be true.

A young lady who claimes to be a solo mom (that is what we call single mother in New Zealand) and claims up to NZ$480 per week instead of NZ$140 a week (as she is legally staying with her partner)! She was "careless" enough to annouce to the world of her real life relationship with her partner.

She is convicted by the court of law for welfare cheat, thanks to facebook.com and bebo.com. This is something like what you read on the interent about "stupid criminals". Read the full story here.

Charges in NZ airliner baby case (Auckland, New Zealand, GDI)

A Samoan woman has been charged with child abandonment after giving birth on a flight from Samoa to New Zealand and leaving the baby in an aircraft toilet.

The 29-year-old unnamed woman gave birth after the plane took off from Apia and left the baby in a rubbish bin before leaving the plane in Auckland.

Child abandonment comes with a possible prison sentence of up to seven years.

The mother was reunited with the baby, Grace, in hospital, but is in the care of social welfare services. `A Samoan woman has been charged with child abandonment after giving birth on a flight from Samoa to New Zealand and leaving the baby in an aircraft toilet.

The 29-year-old unnamed woman gave birth after the plane took off from Apia and left the baby in a rubbish bin before leaving the plane in Auckland.

Child abandonment comes with a possible prison sentence of up to seven years.

The mother was reunited with the baby, Grace, in hospital, but is in the care of social welfare services.