WOMAN ALLEGEDLY GAVE EMPLOYER’S MONEY TO CHARITIES

A 52-year- old Ontario woman is facing fraud charges after allegedly funnelling more than $ 600,000 of her employer’s money into bank accounts for charities of which she was a board member. Kingston police say the woman was working as comptroller for a local business while also serving on the board of two charities in Maxville, Ont., a small community north of Cornwall. Investigators allege both char- ities incurred large debts due to mistakes the suspect made. Police say she responded by allegedly siphoning money from the business to the charities over a period of three years to compensate for the loss. The woman was arrested at her Maxville home Sunday. She has been charged with fraud over $ 5,000 and will appear in a Kingston court at a later date.