Winnipeg Free Press
A former RCMP clerk has been charged with criminal breach of trust and other charges in connection to the alleged theft of $173,000 from the Headingley Traffic Service Detachment, RCMP said today.
Kristina Marie Ostapowich, 31, is also charged with theft and fraud over $5,000.
The offences are alleged to have occurred between August 2004 and February 2006.
RCMP said the charges pertain to the misuse of Government of Canada credit cards that resulted in a financial loss to the RCMP of approximately $173,000.
At the time of the alleged offences, Ostapowich was employed as a detachment clerk at Headingley Traffic Services Detachment.
She has been suspended without pay since February 2006.
Her first court appearance is April 1 in Winnipeg.
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