A 55-year-old Pontypool woman is facing multiple charges after being accused of defrauding a Peterborough business of almost $330,000 over the past decade.
In June 2022, the owners of the business contacted police after finding financial discrepancies related to their company’s financial statements and completing a full audit of their books back to 2011 when the accused woman began working for the business.
The audit determined that almost $330,000 had been stolen from the business through various means.
Officers with the Peterborough police’s fraud unit conducted an investigation and reviewed the information provided by the business.
As a result of the investigation, police arrested a 55-year-old Pontypool woman and charged her with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, falsification of books and documents, mischief to data, unauthorized use of credit card data, and unauthorized use of computer.
The accused woman was held for bail and and appeared in court on Friday, November 3, at which time she was given a next court date of November 21.
