Former Ontario Provincial Police union leaders on trial for fraud

Crown lawyers told a Toronto court that three senior officials of the Ontario Provincial Police Association and two others purchased a travel company together in 2014 and it quickly became the union's sole travel booker.

Walsh cancelled the contract with Flight Centre in November 2014 and the switch was announced to the union's support staff by email a few days later, the lawyer said. A woman brought on to run the travel company, Klara Kozak, appeared to own all its shares but in fact held most of them in trust for the accused, Friesen told the jury.

Each share was valued at $1,000, and together, the three owned $98,000 worth, Friesen said. But they only paid $68,000 from their personal funds, the lawyer said. At the time, Christie was the union's CEO, Walsh was its chief administrative officer and Bain was vice-president, the Crown said. The union has said they no longer hold those positions.All five have pleaded not guilty to fraud over $5,000.

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OPP union bosses secretly diverted union money to buy private travel business, fraud trial hearsThe officials then used their positions in the police union to give their firm the OPPA’s travel business, the Crown prosecutor told the jury This is disgusting. Stealing from under appreciated men & women who selflessly work hard to protect & serve the people in Ontario takes a special kind of lowlife. I’m glad they’re busted & I hope they each rot in prison for a very long time. 😡
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