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Charges approved in two-year-old fraud investigation
In October 2012 Cranbrook RCMP commenced an investigation after receiving a complaint of theft/fraud from a local business.
The business owner reported that a long time employee had been stealing money from the business, alleging she had been paying herself for hours and duties not actually performed.
For the past two years, Cranbrook RCMP have worked in conjunction with forensic accountants, accountants from the victim business as well as the RCMP’s Provincial Commercial Crime Unit based out of Vancouver. At the conclusion of the investigation a 54-year-old Cranbrook woman was taken into police custody and is now facing charges of Fraud over $5,000 and Theft over $5,000.
She has since been release from police custody and is scheduled to appear again in provincial court in Cranbrook on October 6.
In total it is alleged the accused defrauded her employer of approximately $360,000 over the course of her 14-year tenure with the company.
“This was a substantial theft and a lengthy investigation,” added S/Sgt. Dave Dubnyk. “It is also a very good example of a collaborative effort by our Detachment’s General Investigation Section, the RCMP’s Commercial Crime Unit and the company accountants.”
Cranbrook RCMP
