Harold Backer

• Harold Backer, former Olympic rower, sentenced to 13 months jail for fraud

  Harold Backer has pleaded guilty to fraud. Backer changed his plea on Wednesday morning in a Victoria courtroom on one charge of fraud over $5,000.

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  Jul 4, 2018
  
• Civil suit seeks restitution from missing Olympian

  An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who disappeared for nearly 18 months faces a civil lawsuit from investors alleging he ran a pyramid scheme with their money.

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  Apr 20, 2017
  
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• ‘Missing’ man to appear in court on fraud charges

  An investment dealer and former Olympic rower who went missing for nearly a year and a half is scheduled to appear in court in Victoria today.

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  Apr 18, 2017
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• Harold Backer, missing since 2015, arrested by Victoria Police for fraud

  Harold Backer, a Victoria financial investor who disappeared in 2015 -- allegedly with a large sum of his clients' money -- has turned himself into police.

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  Apr 14, 2017
• Missing Olympian Harold Backer likely seen on ferry from Victoria to US

  The Victoria Police Department said the 52-year-old was last seen on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

  Nov 11, 2015