Calgary Police have charged a woman with defrauding a newcomer to Canada of more than $2 million in property and cash.
40-year-old Melissa Holman, who at the time was the president of the Temporary Foreign Workers Association of Canada, is charged with five counts of fraud and five counts of theft.
It’s alleged over a period of three weeks last summer, the victim was convinced to turn over the deeds to two properties in her name, as well as give bank account access to the accused.
The properties, one in Signal Hill and the other in Springbank, were turned over to the accused by the victim, who was told it wasn’t safe for her to have assets in Canada while here on a visa.
Holman is also accused of writing more than $410,000 in bank drafts made payable to her from the victim’s bank accounts.
Holman will appear in court in August.
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