July 29, 2021 – Crown prosecutors say four women charged in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud scheme made repeated attempts to fool the Canada Revenue Agency.

The Cape Breton women — Georgette Young, Angela MacDonald, Nadia Saker, and their mother, Lydia Saker — are facing 30 charges, including fraud.

They all have pleaded not guilty and are representing themselves at the judge-alone trial taking place in Sydney, N.S.

“This isn’t an accident, it’s continual,” prosecutor Mark Donohue said Wednesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court as part of the Crown’s final submissions.

“This is how money was made over a certain [period] of time.” CBC News reports. | READ MORE