YMCAYWCA Director pleads guilty to fraud over 5000

A YMCA-YWCA Director has plead guilty to charges of fraud over $5000. 

Back in January 2016, Ottawa Police were alerted of suspicious financial activity involving their director. 

In an audit conducted by the YMCA-YWCA, Between October 2011 and December 2015, the Director had made over 20-thousand dollars worth of fraudulent purchases.

Many of them were for prepaid gift cards. 

A further investigation by the Ottawa Police Organized Fraud Unit lead to charges against 40-year-old Tanya-Elizabeth Gagnon Dugal-Mendes

Gagnon Dugal-Mendes has been sentenced to an 18 month conditional sentence as well as a restitution on the outstanding amount. 

The money has since been repaid back to the YMCA-YWCA.