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Woodstock woman charged after OPP say $360K pilfered from Norwich Township business

Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Oxford County OPP have charged a Woodstock woman with fraud-related counts after more than $360,000 was allegedly skimmed from a business account over the course of nearly four years.

Officers say they were contacted on Sept. 6 by a business in Norwich Township reporting an alleged fraud.

The OPP says the investigation found between January 2015 and this September, several cheques were cashed, resulting in more than $360,000 being removed from an account.

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Oxford OPP have arrested and charged 48-year-old Christine Georgina Smith of Woodstock with one count each of fraud over $5,000, making a forged document, using a forged document, and laundering proceeds of crime.

It’s not known what role Smith may have had within the business in question.

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She’s scheduled to appear in court in Woodstock at a later date.

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