OSHAWA, Ont. – A woman is facing charges after police say a Toronto business was put at risk of bankruptcy when it was allegedly defrauded of $2 million.
Durham region police allege the former chief financial officer of an unidentified company redirected the firm’s money to a supplier she had links with over the course of 19 months ending last September.
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They allege that after the official was dismissed for unrelated issues an audit discovered $2 million had been redirected, jeopardizing the company’s financial health.
Forty-three-year-old Lailani Leano, of Oshawa, Ont., is charged with fraud over $5,000, uttering a forged document, fraudulent concealment and falsification of books and records.
Police say she has been held for a bail hearing.
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