Robert Riley Saunders
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Kelowna fraudster’s sentence ‘simply not enough’: Indigenous leaders'We can never allow another individual like Robert Riley Saunders to capitalize on the broken child welfare system that has been imposed on our people.'CrimeJul 27
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Robert Riley Saunders, fraudster social worker in Kelowna, B.C., gets 5 years in prisonRobert Riley Saunders is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Ministry of Children and Family Development.CrimeJul 25
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Fraudulent Kelowna social worker who embezzled $460K apologizes in courtA sentence could be handed down in the case as early as July 25. Saunders' lawyer is asking for a conditional sentence while Crown is calling for a multi-year prison term.CrimeJul 12
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Defence asks for house arrest for former Kelowna, B.C. social workerThe defence lawyer for a former Kelowna social worker is asking that Riley Saunders serve two years of house arrest, while the Crown is asking for six to eight years in prison.CanadaJun 24
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‘I was bullied by my own social worker,’ says defrauded youth in sentencingCourt heard victim impact statements from former youth in care and social workers as the sentencing starts for Robert Riley Saunders, a former social worker.CanadaJun 23
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White Collar Crime: How did a B.C. social worker embezzle $460K from the government?A social worker in Kelowna defrauded the B.C. government of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and leaked ministry documents outline how he was able to get away with it for years.CrimeJun 15
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Kelowna, B.C. fraudster’s crimes were not victimless: B.C. Supreme CourtIt all went along undetected until December 2017, when Saunders’s regular supervisor was on vacation and another stepped in as his team lead.CrimeMay 20
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Lawyer for former Kelowna caseworker argues defrauded money would not have gone to youth clientsLast year, Saunders pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000, breach of trust, and using a forged document.CrimeMar 31
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‘I messed up’: Notorious Kelowna, B.C. fraudster addresses courtIt’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.CrimeMar 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.”CrimeMar 25
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