Robert Riley Saunders

• Kelowna, B.C. fraudster’s crimes were not victimless: B.C. Supreme Court

  It all went along undetected until December 2017, when Saunders’s regular supervisor was on vacation and another stepped in as his team lead.

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  May 20
  
• Lawyer for former Kelowna caseworker argues defrauded money would not have gone to youth clients

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

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  Mar 31
  
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• ‘I messed up’: Notorious Kelowna, B.C. fraudster addresses court

  It’s believed that he managed to fraudulently squeeze $180,000 from the province in his last year of work, through those agreements and other scams.

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  Mar 30
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• ‘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.”

  Crime

  Mar 25
• ‘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
• 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
• 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
• Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs criticizes former social worker plea deal, calls it frustrating

  ‘We stand with his victims and their families as they are left to process this disgusting deal.’

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  Sep 28, 2021
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• 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
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• Former Kelowna social worker accused of fraud quarantining for COVID-19 exposure

  A former Kelowna social worker who is facing more than a dozen charges, including fraud and breach of trust, is now quarantining after a potential COVID-19 exposure.

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  Dec 10, 2020