Employee Fraud
Former CFO of Edmonton-based agri-business charged in $2.45M fraud
Feb. 28, 2019 - The former chief financial officer of an Edmonton-area agri-business group has been charged with misappropriating millions of dollars in corporate funds. Patrick Stephen Bieleny, 52, was arrested last Thursday and charged with 12 counts...
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Support worker who stole from the elderly arrested again for fraud, theft: police
Feb. 37, 2019 - A Burlington personal support worker who was already facing charges for stealing from elderly, police say, has been re-arrested for fraud and theft. The woman was taken into custody on Feb. 20 and charged with fraud under $5,000, two counts of...
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Dad and daughter fined $4m for stealing winning lottery ticket
Feb. 27, 2019 - Jun-Chul Chung, 68, and his daughter Kathleen Chung, 36, were sentenced to seven and four years in prison. Her brother, Kenneth Chung, who ran the convenience store in a Toronto suburb where his father worked, was given a 10-month sentence. The real...
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B.C. woman with gambling habit pleads guilty to embezzling $1.2 million from Calgary employer
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...
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Former manager at Colliers International’s Calgary office charged with fraud
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...
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Edmonton woman, 68, charged in relation to $1.4M payroll fraud
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...
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Former WestJet employee pleads guilty to defrauding airline of $138K in travel credits
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...
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Local union sues former chairperson over fraud allegations
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...
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St. Francis Xavier University accuses ex-Coady finance director of misappropriating at least $243K
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...
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Ex-employees at Canadian Forces bases charged in thefts, fraud totalling $160,000
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...
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Fraudster jailed for taking PAC money meant for new school playground
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...
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Former Royal Canadian Legion treasurer charged with theft and fraud The Canadian Press
July 19, 2018 (Courtesy of The Canadian Press) - Provincial police say the former treasurer of the Royal Canadian Legion in Flesherton, Ont., is facing theft and fraud charges. Police say the president of the Legion branch reported in February that approximately...
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Ex-MP received ‘secret’ cut of $12.4M deal in resort town run by his sister, OPP probe alleges
Unsealed police documents from 2014 allege fraud and breach of trust involving Collingwood town hall June 19, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A former Liberal MP may have used his connections with municipal officials in a popular vacation town northwest of Toronto —...
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Red Deer woman charged with stealing $1M from ATB Financial in Sylvan Lake
June 13, 2018 ( Courtesy of globalnews.ca ) - Mounties in central Alberta have arrested a former ATB Financial bank worker for allegedly stealing $1.1 million from her employer. RCMP said the woman was working at the ATB Financial branch in Sylvan Lake when she...
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Former Superior North Catholic School Board director of education charged with fraud
May 31, 2018 (Courtesy Of CBC.ca) - The former Director of Education at the Superior North Catholic District School Board, along with her husband, who was a senior manager, face fraud and breach of trust charges. OPP said 57-year-old Mary Alexa McKinnon and...
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BMO and CIBC’s Simplii warn fraudsters may have accessed clients’ data
May 29, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - Two of Canada's biggest banks warned Monday that "fraudsters" may have accessed certain personal and financial information of up to 90,000 customers. The Bank of Montreal said hackers contacted the bank on Sunday claiming to be...
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Alberta pharmacists facing fraud trial plead guilty to taking $300,000 worth in secret commissions
Under Co-op policy, incentives are the property of the store, but between 2010 and 2015, the two pharmacists accepted gift cards and paid travel without telling their employer April 25, 2018 (Courtesy of nationalpost.com) - Two pharmacists in southern Alberta have...
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Richard Glen Allison Issued Jail Time for Fraud on Company
Why Sales Agent Due Diligence is Necessary April 19, 2018 – At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery...
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Former commander of Canadian Forces cyber operations centre in Ottawa charged with fraud
The former commanding officer of a Canadian Forces cyber operations centre in Ottawa has been charged with fraud and other related offences. April 13, 2018 (Courtesy of the Ottawa Citizen) - Lt.-Col. Brian Mosher was charged Thursday, the Canadian Forces National...
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Former bookkeeper at Surrey garden supply company charged in $200K fraud
Emily Joanne Montgomery, 64, worked for Green Planet Wholesale and Pacific Northwest Garden Supply March 26, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - The former bookkeeper of a large garden supply company in Surrey has been charged with fraud and theft for allegedly siphoning off...
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Manager in Sudbury benefits fraud case ordered to pay $20M to former employer
March 23, 2018 (Courtesy of Benefits Canada) - A former Atlas Copco Canada Inc. manager sentenced to jail time for his part in a benefits kickback scheme now faces a $20-million bill from his former employer after the multinational industrial giant won a civil...
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