–RCMP charges government consultant accused of overbilling by $250,000==

https://tnc.news/2024/07/11/rcmp-charges-government-consultant-overbilling/

A federal consultant for the Liberal government has been arrested after allegedly ripping off Canadian taxpayers for $250,000.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced that its Sensitive and International Investigations unit had charged Clara Elaine Visser, a 63-year-old federal consultant, with fraud on Tuesday.

Visser faces charges of fraud of over $5000 in violation of the Criminal Code.

According to a news release from the RCMP, Public Services Procurement Canada, the government’s central treasurer and accountant, launched an investigation against Visser in the summer of 2021 after the organization discovered “evidence” that she had submitted fraudulent timesheets.