Conception Harbour accountant facing charges of theft, fraud, say police

Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News

· Posted: May 14, 2025 11:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Two years aft a Brigus, N.L. food works sounded the alarm implicit concerns of skullduggery from a erstwhile employee, constabulary person laid charges. An probe allegedly recovered fraud to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

On Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced transgression charges person been laid against 53-year-old Craig Williams.

Williams, the erstwhile politician of Conception Harbour, was arrested connected March 12 and is facing 1 number of fraud implicit $5,000 and 1 number of theft implicit $5,000.

It began successful April 2023, erstwhile Independent Fish Harvesters Ltd. successful Brigus contacted the RCMP astir concerns of imaginable interior fraud.

"Williams, who was the company's bureau manager and accountant, was suspected arsenic being involved," said the constabulary connection released connected Tuesday.

"As portion of the investigation, RCMP [General Investigation Section] engaged the Forensic Accounting Management Group (FAMG) and a forensic fiscal audit was completed. The probe discovered interior fraud successful excess of $125,000."

CBC News has asked Williams for comment.

The charges person not been proven successful court, but Graham Hiscock, the plant's wide manager, says he's pleased the concern is progressing.

"Quite the alleviation to cognize helium is yet charged and the nationalist volition present cognize of this quality and anticipation nary 1 other falls successful his trap," helium told CBC News successful an email.

It's  not the lone ineligible occupation Williams is in.

In October, the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador ordered Williams to wage implicit $113,000 aft allegations helium fraudulently took funds from Dc Design House Inc. by faking invoices, billing for non-existent bureau supplies and more.

Williams did not record immoderate connection of defence and the claims person not been proven successful court.

On Oct. 29 a justice granted a default bid for Williams to repay the full magnitude Dc Design alleges helium misappropriated.

Williams is owed backmost successful tribunal connected July 2 successful Harbour Grace.

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