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B.C. immigration lawyer who forged medical notes loses licence
A B.C. immigration lawyer who was sentenced to 22 months in jail for forging medical…
RCMP bust ‘sophisticated’ ID forgery lab in Lower Mainland
RCMP officers arrested a man after searching his Lower Mainland residence and finding a sophisticated…
Sentencing hearing begins for former Kelowna social worker guilty of fraud
A disgraced former ministry social worker at the centre of a class-action lawsuit after being…
Vernon bookkeeper sentenced to house arrest for two years worth of forged cheques
VERNON – A former Sparkling Hill Wellness Resort employee was sentenced to house arrest today…
Former Sparkling Hill bookkeeper could go to jail for ‘second salary’ paid in fraudulent cheques
“EFFECTIVELY, MS. MILLIGAN WAS PAYING HERSELF A SECOND SALARY” VERNON – A former bookkeeper at…
Vernon judge ruffles feathers by refusing to sentence alleged fraudster
"I CAN’T BE THROWING PEOPLE IN JAIL WHO SAY ‘I DIDN’T DO IT’" VERNON - A bit of courthouse drama unfolded at the Vernon Law Courts Monday when a judge refused to sentence an accused fraudster on charges she wouldn’t admit to committing. Desiree Dorothy Pelletier is charged with forgery, theft of $5,000 or under...
Former accountant handed jail time for fraud schemes in Vernon
"IT MAKES ME WONDER HOW I FELL FOR HER THE LAST TIME:" JUDGE VERNON - A former accountant who tried to cash a forged cheque grew more sophisticated in her ploys since her last court appearance for fraud, a Vernon provincial court judge said. Abigail Marie Mcelman, 36, was arrested at Vernon’s Venue Financial Centre...
Forged prescription for painkillers lands accused in jail for one day
PENTICTON - A local man who pleaded guilty to using a forged prescription got off with a one-day jail sentence and never had to leave the Penticton Courthouse. Alexander Milne, 60, was caught on March 3, 2014 trying to get a prescription filled using a forged document. Milne, who suffers from an auto-immune deficiency had...