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RCMP employee charged after spending spree

April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

(Sun Media) - A former RCMP employee at Headingley’s traffic services detachment has pleaded guilty to one count of theft after using a federal government credit card to pay for a $100,000-plus personal spending spree.

Kristina Marie Ostapowich, 32, is expected to be sentenced later this spring.

Additional charges of fraud, criminal breach of trust and breach of trust by a public official were stayed in court yesterday.

When arrested, Mounties estimated Ostapowich used the card to pay for up to $170,000 in personal expenses between August 2004 and February 2006.

When sentenced, Ostapowich is expected to admit to stealing in excess of $100,000.

Ostapowich is alleged to have spent some of the money on groceries, clothing and home renovations.

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