Robert Riley Saunders

• First Nation Leadership council calls for reversal of Kelowna fraudster parole decision

  News that a Kelowna fraudster has been given day parole has appalled members of the First Nation Leadership Council, who are calling for an immediate reversal of the decision. 

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  Oct 18, 2023
  
• Kelowna fraudster who bilked $460K from Indigenous youth gets day parole

  The parole board said it was 'acutely aware that Saunders's offending caused Indigenous youth to suffer while he lived a lavish lifestyle and bragged about it to them.'

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  Oct 9, 2023
  
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• B.C. Association of Social Workers calls on province for tighter regulation

  The professional association believes mandatory professional college registration could help head off cases like that of Kelowna's Robert Riley Saunders.

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  Jan 5, 2023
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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.'

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  Jul 27, 2022
• 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
• Fraudulent Kelowna social worker who embezzled $460K apologizes in court

  A 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.

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  Jul 12, 2022
• Defence asks for house arrest for former Kelowna, B.C. social worker

  The 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.

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  Jun 24, 2022
• ‘I was bullied by my own social worker,’ says defrauded youth in sentencing

  Court heard victim impact statements from former youth in care and social workers as the sentencing starts for Robert Riley Saunders, a former social worker.

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  Jun 23, 2022
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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.

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  Jun 15, 2022
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• 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, 2022