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FRAUD CHARGES LAID

La Loche RCMP lay fraud charge following $1 million loss to Clearwater River Dene Nation

Jul 22, 2020 | 3:03 PM

In July 2014, La Loche RCMP received a report of fraudulent activity allegedly committed by the former general manager of the Clearwater River Dene First Nation between 2008 and 2011.

The Prince Albert RCMP General Investigation Section and the La Loche RCMP Detachment conducted a thorough investigation, which included numerous interviews and a forensic audit. The audit revealed over $1 million in losses to the Clearwater River Dene First Nation.

Sixty-one-year-old Jonny Cheecham, of La Loche, has been charged with fraud over $5,000.

Cheecham is scheduled to make his first appearance in Provincial Court in La Loche on September 21 at 10 a.m.