Crown seeks jail time for woman who scammed Sask. court fine option program

The Crown is seeking three to five months in jail for a Saskatchewan woman who helped offenders on a northern First Nation beat the justice system.

Sylvia Joseph pleaded guilty earlier this year to eight fraud-related charges for accepting money in return for signing off on unperformed community service hours while she worked with the fine option program at Big River First Nation.

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The 49-year-old woman initially faced more than 100 charges after an RCMP investigation into the administration of the fine option program that started in mid-2013.

Joseph was to have been sentenced on Aug. 15, but her case has been put over to Oct. 12 when her lawyer is expected to ask that the woman’s punishment not include jail.