New Zealand Government Inquirer On How A Fraud Was Hired In A Sensitive Military Post Is Completed

Photo: Fantasist: British-born Stephen Wilce had a list of lies on his CV which got him a top job with the New Zealand military

New Zealand Government Embarrassed After Employing British-Born Fantasist As Senior Intelligence Officer -- The Daily Mail

Stephen Wilce’s action-packed career appeared to rival the great heroes of thriller stories.

The British-born military scientist had worked as a spy, served with the Duke of York as a helicopter pilot, competed in the Winter Olympics, captained a Royal Navy swimming team and was a special forces soldier who ended up on an IRA death list.

He also boasted that he had designed the Polaris missile guidance system, that he was a member of the Welsh national rugby union team and, last but not least, that he was a guitarist on the British folk music circuit.

The only trouble was that Wilce’s yarns were just that – total fiction.

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My Comment: What strikes me about this story are the 80 individuals who worked under him. They must be pissed for being past over for promotion .... and ending up working for a fraud like this one.