MAN CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CHILD BREAKFAST FUND

A Thunder Bay, Ont., businessman has been charged with fraudulently misdirecting government money meant to buy breakfasts for children at an impoverished northern Ontario First Nation reserve for his personal use. Giuseppe (Joe) Crupi, 50, co-manager of Kashechewan First Nation on the coast of James Bay, was charged Tuesday. Crupi was responsible for managing funds obtained by the band from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada. He fraudulently obtained more than $1.2 million of federal money, the RCMP allege.