Manitoba RCMP charge former municipal executive in fraud investigation – Winnipeg [Video]

Manitoba RCMP say they’ve arrested a former chief administrative officer of Gilbert Plains as part of a lengthy fraud investigation.

Police said officers from the Dauphin detachment, along with cyber and financial crime investigators, arrested a 40-year-old woman last week.

The suspect had been under investigation since an initial complaint was made in 2022, police said, accusing her of having defrauded the rural municipality of more than $500,000 during her tenure as CAO.

She’s been charged with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, and using proceeds knowing they were obtained by the commission of an offence.

Police said they interviewed a number of witnesses and examined extensive financial records before the arrest.

“Any time you have an investigation of this duration that reaches the charge stage it’s a major milestone. However, the work is not complete,” said cyber and financial crime investigator Const. Ricky Perkins.

“We realize for the people …