BIG RIVER, Sask. – A Big River, Sask. woman is facing over 100 charges after allegedly defrauding the court system. Sylvia Grace Joseph, 46, was charged after an investigation in the administration of the fine option program.
RCMP launched the investigation in July 2013 after a complaint was made by the provincial court of Saskatchewan into the program on the Big River First Nation.
Allegations were made about money being solicited from people in lieu of completing their community service hours as mandated by the courts. RCMP Sgt. Lyle Korczak says there were pay-offs to get out of service work and false documents were filed with the court.
Joseph, who was the fine option coordinator as the time, was charged after Mounties interviewed a number of people. She is facing 108 Criminal Code charges:
- 17 counts of fraud upon the government
- 28 counts of forgery
- 31 counts of using a forged document
- 32 counts of falsifying books and documents
Korczak said Joseph was suspended from her job when they started their investigation.
Joseph will make her first court appearance on Jan. 13, 2015 at the Big River First Nation provincial court.
With files from The Canadian Press
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