City of Ottawa Recovers Stolen $558,000 After Fraud Scheme Involving Salvation Army

A Salvation Army bell is rung in front of a grocery store, in Lynden, Wash., on Dec. 8, 2020. The Canadian Press/AP/Elaine Thompson

The City of Ottawa’s treasurer says the municipality has recovered more than half a million dollars it lost in a fraud scheme carried out against the local Salvation Army homeless shelter.

An earlier memo to city council revealed that $558,000 was lost after the Salvation Army Ottawa Booth Centre fell victim to an “illegal action.”