WINNIPEG – A woman who rarely left her house in northern Manitoba has admitted to impersonating several people online – including a professional athlete – so she could receive money and gifts and live in a world of celebrity fantasy.
Shelly Lynn Chartier recently pleaded guilty to seven counts of fraud and other offences; 11 other charges were stayed.
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An agreed statement of facts submitted in court describes Chartier as a 27-year-old with a Grade 6 education, who was constantly and compulsively on the computer when she committed the crimes between February 2011 and August 2013.
The document says she sent thousands of texts, emails, tweets and Facebook messages during that period, creating a complicated web of lies that entangled the pro player in a child pornography investigation and led to a raid of his home.
A publication ban prevents identifying the victims in the case.
Police in the United States eventually tracked everything back to Chartier’s home in Easterville, a tiny community southeast of The Pas.
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