Nearly 400K stolen from Calgary business, bookkeeper charged – Calgary [Video]

A 60-year-old woman who allegedly defrauded her Calgary employer out of nearly $400,000 since 2021 is facing eight fraud, forgery and theft charges after the embezzlement was discovered during the sale of the company.

“Between January 2021 and May 2023, the woman worked as a bookkeeper at the commercial irrigation company where she was entrusted with access to the company’s funds. It is believed that during this time she wrote false invoices for work, deposited fraudulent cheques, used a company credit card for personal purchases and withdrew cash from corporate bank accounts,” Calgary police said in a statement Wednesday.

When the company was sold …