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Former Saskatoon cemetery employee sentenced for stealing money

A former superintendent at Saskatoon’s Woodlawn Cemetery has been sentence for stealing money from the city. Devin Sauer / Global News

SASKATOON – A former Woodlawn Cemetery superintendent is serving a conditional sentence after stealing money from the City of Saskatoon. Officials say Graham Figg sold burial space in advance to customers, but didn’t keep records of the sale.

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Figg was sentence to two years less a day for stealing $44,000 involving 16 fake sales.

The city has honoured all purchases made to Figg, who has paid back the money.

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He was fired in 2010 for an unrelated cause.

Meaghan Craig contributed to this story

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