Di Stefano
According to "The Guardian" and the "Irish Independent", he had already served a six-month sentence for fraud and false pretenses in 1975 in Ireland, and a three-year sentence for obtaining property by deception and other charges in 1976 in the UK. Di Stefano insists that these convictions were those of a different person, called "John" instead of "Giovanni", although they share the same surname, birthday and birthplace. According to "The New Zealand Herald", Di Stefano had already denied being the "John Di Stefano" who had been convicted in 1986, but, also according to the "New Zealand Herald", the New Zealand police managed to verify that they were the same person by comparing his fingerprints. Di Stefano denies that he was ever deported or that his fingerprints were ever taken.