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.