Ottawa recovers stolen $558,000

The City of Ottawa’s treasurer says the municipality has recovered more than half a million dollars it lost in a fraud scheme carried out against the local Salvation Army homeless shelter. An earlier memo to city council revealed that $558,000 was lost after the Salva- tion Army Ottawa Booth Centre fell victim to an “illegal action.” City staff noticed an irregularity related to a payment made to the shelter on April 11.