Employee Fraud

Lethbridge (August 14, 2019) – Brandi Leanne Doucette allegedly defrauded the County of Lethbridge of $49,000 between 2016 and 2019, according to the Lethbridge Police. The 40-year-old has been charged for theft and fraud. Doucette was employed by the municipality at...

Vancouver (August 02, 2019) – Susan Steen was sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud. She was using her position as executive director of the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (COHA) to defraud the organization of $109,878. She has to pay back $106,000 in...

Richmond Hill (July 26, 2019) – Ontario Minor Hockey Association’s former director of finance, Jennifer Robinson is accused of misappropriation of $2.365 million and scheduled to appear in a Newmarket court July, 25, YorkRegion.com reports. Jennifer Robinson stole the...

July 12, 2019 - In what could be one of the largest and longest-lasting benefits fraud schemes ever discovered in Canada, a Toronto geriatric hospital has dismissed approximately 150 employees for falsely claiming as much as $5 million in benefits over an eight-year...

Feb. 26, 2019(Courtesy of CBC.ca) - When she was finally caught after stealing $1.2 million from her Calgary employer over a six-year period, Kelowna, B.C., resident Colleen Dhuga blamed a gambling addiction. Dhuga, 50, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud over...

Dec. 20, 2018 (courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - A woman is facing charges in connection to a fraud case that resulted in the embezzlement of over $700,000 from an organization that supports local charities. Police say a former operations manager at the Calgary office of...

Nov. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca)  - A 68-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with fraud and theft in relation to a seven-year payroll fraud worth $1.4 million. The woman is thought to have falsified paycheques for more than 500 former employees of an Edmonton...

Nov. 8, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A former WestJet employee has admitted to defrauding the company of more than $138,000 by issuing travel dollars to his friends and others who would pay him for the credits. Terance Gough pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 on...

Sept. 11, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A local union is suing a former employee, alleging she wrote herself cheques and forged signatures to steal more than $100,000 from the union's coffers over her time with the organization. In a statement of claim filed in the...

Sept. 6, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., is suing the former finance director of the school's Coady International Institute, accusing him of misappropriating at least $243,000. The statement of claim filed in Nova...

Aug. 31, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Two former civilian employees at Canadian Forces bases in Alberta and Ontario are facing charges of theft and fraud following separate investigations by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. The first investigation...

Aug. 28, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A woman has been sentenced for defrauding a Surrey elementary school of at least $20,000 meant to fund a new playground for students. Tuey Ngo pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 using a forged bank statement to defraud...