From Criminal Law Notebook
Fraud Not Exceeding
- See also: Fraud (Sentencing Cases)
| Case Name |
Pr |
Ct |
Sentence |
Amount |
Summary
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| R v Song, 2017 ABPC 13 (CanLII), per MacDonald J |
AB |
PC |
6 months CSO |
$5,000 approx |
The offender pleaded guilty to fraud under $5,000 in relation to 16 instances of making fraudulent refunds while working at Hudson's Bay department store.
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| R v Zentner, 2012 ABPC 94 (CanLII), per Krinke J |
AB |
PC |
discharge |
$4,999 |
offender was a funeral director who was selling cremation containers and caskets but cut corners by using a different product from what was sold
|
R v Hynes,
2012 CanLII 11926 (NLPC), [2012] NJ 422 (NLPC), per Gorman J |
NL |
PC |
discharge |
|
fraud x 2, cashed cheques stolen by boyfriend
|
| R v Bent, 2007 NSPC 63 (CanLII), per C Williams J |
NS |
PC |
9 month CSO |
|
Offender defrauded employer over many months. Breached trust. Had help of a 3rd party. No prior record. Restitution Order.
|
| R v Gordon, 2004 BCCA 294 (CanLII), per Braidwood JA |
BC |
CA |
20 mo |
|
Summary of case is pending.
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| R v McSween, 2002 NSSC 225 (CanLII), per LeBlanc J |
NS |
SC |
discharge |
|
The offender was charged with fraud under $5,000. " McSween held himself out as a dispensing pharmacist and asked a pharmacist at another pharmacy to provide him with Dilaudid tablets, claiming his pharmacy had run out of the drugs and that a customer required them. McSween had a drug addiction and the drugs were for his personal use. As in this case, McSween voluntarily sought treatment for his addiction, pleaded guilty and had no prior criminal record. " [Source]
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| R v Johnson, (1996), 147 N.S.R.(2d) 105 (S.C.)(*no CanLII links)
|
NS |
SC |
1 month imprisonment |
$4000 |
offender was admissions officer at correctional facility; handled payment of fines; on 9 occasions over 6 years stole $4000; offender age 45, no record, breach of public trust
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R v Munroe,
1991 CanLII 2485 (NSCA), , 101 N.S.R.(2d) 360 (CA), per Clarke CJ |
NS |
CA |
14 days |
$3998 |
age 18, over several months defrauded employer of $3998
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| R v Brink, 1983 CarswellBC 1623, [1983] B.C.W.L.D. 2275, [1983] BCJ No 364(*no CanLII links)
|
BC |
|
discharge |
|
Offender was a paramedic who stole drugs to feed a narcotics addiction.
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