Capital City Defrauded out of More Than Half a Million Dollars, Police Investigating

Capital City Defrauded out of More Than Half a Million Dollars, Police Investigating
The Ottawa Police station on Elgin Street in Ottawa, on Feb. 1, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Police are investigating an illegal transaction that saw Canada’s capital city defrauded out of more than half a million dollars.

A memo to the city’s council shows staff found an irregularity on April 11 related to a $558,000 payment from the city to a partner agency.