Catch-me-if-you-can, Aussie-style

Faulkner approached people telling them that as a FedEx employee he was entitled to buy property left at Customs at a heavily reduced price.

He fleeced people of thousands of dollars, promising them Ducati motorcycles, cigarettes, perfumes and watches, but failed to produce the goods, according to facts tendered to Sydney’s Central Local Court.

The magistrate refused to give him a non-parole period, saying he was at high risk of re-offending.

“You lead a life whereby you live off the misfortune of others which you impose on them,” Mr Moore told Faulkner, who appeared via video link from Parklea prison, dressed in overalls and sporting a full grey beard.

“The record clearly indicates (your fraud) going back to the ‘70s...You are likely to offend again.”

Faulkner will be eligible for release on February 10 next year.