FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 15, 2019 1:46pm
(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit has charged Chantal COUTURE, 45 years old of Ottawa following an investigation into a complaint of a historical employee-related fraud.
It was alleged that while working in the financial section of a local convenience store, she cashed over 50 cheques made in her name and the cheques had a forged signature. The events are believed to have occurred over a period of two years, and began in 2017. The alleged fraud was evaluated at about $30,000.
COUTURE was arrested on October 23, 2019 and charged with one count of Fraud over and one count of Uttering forged document.
She was released on a Promise to Appear on November 18, 2019.
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