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Fraud Charges In Fort Severn First Nation

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A lengthy investigation by Nishnawbe Aski Police has lead to Fraud charges in Fort Severn First Nation.

Police say on July 12th they stopped a vehicle and the traffic stop lead police into a detailed investigation.

Police then say the investigation led them to a number of incidents that occurred over a number of years involving fraudulent activity which amounted between 25 thousand and 250 thousand dollars.

A 51-year-old former band manager from Fort Severn First Nation was charged with two counts of Fraud Over 5 thousand dollars and one count of Breach of Trust.

The man can’t be named at the time due to the processing of court documents and he will appear in court on February 10th.

Fort Severn First Nation is located about 715 kilometres northeast of Red Lake.

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Charges In Dryden After Fraud Investigation

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Dryden Police are reporting fraud charges after a lengthy investigation.

Police say on November 6th they arrested 57-year-old Peggy Ledoux of Dryden and is now facing charges of Fraud and Falsification of Documents while she was employed with a local non-profit organization.

Police say the investigation started in August of 2018 when they received a complaint from the Dryden Volunteer Recruitment and Referral Program about altered bank records and missing money that wasn’t accounted for.

Dryden Police say Ledoux was the Financial Administrator at the organization during that time and as the investigation continued the organization discovered sums of money missing from the Christmas Cheer Program.

Police say Ledoux has been charged with Fraud Over $5,000 and Falsification of Books and Documents in relation to those two organizations.

Dryden Police then say they received another complaint in August of 2019 from the Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op of Fraud by employee Peggy Ledoux.

Police say Ledoux began working for the Cloverbelt Local Food Co-op in February 2019 as an Administrator and shortly after the Board of the Co-op noticed unauthorized transactions on their financial records.

Ledoux was also charged with two counts of Fraud Under $5,000 and one count of Falsification of Books and Documents in relation to the Food Co-op incident.

Dryden Police say the total loss from all three organizations is estimated at over $30,000 and Ledoux will appear in Dryden Provincial Court on December 9th.

 

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