Former banker accused of stealing $250K from Alberta Treasury Branch

A woman who worked for an Alberta financial institution for three decades has been accused of stealing more than a quarter million dollars from her employer.

The Stony Plain/Spruce Grove/Enoch RCMP Serious Crimes Branch began a fraud investigation in 2016, after the suspect’s former employer, Alberta Treasury Branch (ATB), reported irregularities in their banking activity.

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The accused worked as a loans officer for ATB for 30 years, and the total theft is estimated at over $250,000, RCMP said.

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Joyce Melody Gogerla, 61, is charged with one count of fraud over $5000. She is scheduled to make her first court appearance in Stony Plain on June 26.

Stony Plain is 30 kilometres west of Edmonton.