Fake Social Worker

• Robert Riley Saunders, fraudster social worker in Kelowna, B.C., gets 5 years in prison

  Robert Riley Saunders is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

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  Jul 25, 2022
  
• ‘At no time did I put any youth in harm’s way,” B.C. social-work fraudster testifies

  “I can’t speak to my supervisor was thinking or her lack of accountability to know this was a fraudulent document, but this clearly is a fraudulent document.”

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  Mar 25, 2022
  
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• ‘Opportunistic’ former B.C. social worker found several ways to misappropriate funds, court hears

  'If it says it did, I will agree to that... I’ve acknowledged, admitted and pleaded guilty to the misappropriation already,' the former social worker told the judge in court.

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  Mar 24, 2022
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• Disgraced former Kelowna social worker testifies he was ‘fraudulent’

  Saunders allegedly stole up to $500,000 over the years, and many youths in his care claim his actions left them homeless and susceptible to exploitation and drug addiction.

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  Mar 23, 2022
• Disgraced former B.C. social worker to be sentenced

  Last year, Saunders pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000, breach of trust and using a forged document.

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  Mar 21, 2022
• Former B.C. social worker charged with defrauding teens in care pleads guilty

  March 21 to 29, 2022 has been set aside for a Gardiner Hearing, which is held when the parties cannot agree on all of the facts relating to the charge.

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  Sep 27, 2021