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Retired Sask. RCMP member charged after $18,000 in accounting irregularities discovered

After the Saskatchewan RCMP received information five years ago that a retired sergeant was responsible for accounting irregularities up to $18,000, the investigation has concluded and charges have been laid. File / Global News

Retired Saskatchewan RCMP sergeant Cheryl Jarvis has been charged after a five-year investigation into accounting irregularities in excess of $18,000.

In February 2013, Saskatchewan RCMP received information regarding accounting irregularities within the RCMP “F” Division Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service.

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An investigation revealed more than $18,000 in funds from the Government of Canada were misappropriated and deposited into personal bank accounts.

As a result, Jarvis has been charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and forgery. She will make her first court appearance on May 29.

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Jarvis was the sergeant responsible for the RCMP “F” Division Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service from May 2008 until October 2010. She retired from the RCMP in 2015.

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