Pamela Wallin allegedly fabricated meetings and misrepresented trips to auditors, court documents say | National Post
Sen. Pamela Wallin allegedly fabricated meetings, charged taxpayers for flights and travel related to her work on corporate boards, and misrepresented many of her trips to Toronto even when confronted by external auditors, the RCMP allege in newly released court documents.
In all, the RCMP allege Wallin defrauded taxpayers of almost $27,500 for 25 trips made between 2009 and 2012. Investigators allege Wallin should have charged expenses to two private companies because the trips were part of her work as a director on the boards of Porter Airlines and wealth management firm Gluskin Sheff & Associates.
Instead, the RCMP allege Wallin charged them to the Senate, writing them off as “Senate business,” without providing any further explanation.
Wallin, the RCMP allege, committed fraud and breach of trust.
RCMP investigating 150 ‘suspicious’ claims from Pamela Wallin’s expenses - The Globe and Mail
An RCMP investigation into Pamela Wallin’s expenses has identified 150 “suspicious” claims, including two dozen relating to the suspended senator’s work as a board member for two Toronto-based companies, according to documents filed in an Ottawa court.
Interviews the RCMP conducted with executives from Porter Airlines and wealth management firm Gluskin Sheff revealed that it is standard practice for both companies to reimburse directors for expenses relating to board events, the documents said.
Sen. Pamela Wallin allegedly fabricated meetings, charged taxpayers for flights and travel related to her work on corporate boards, and misrepresented many of her trips to Toronto even when confronted by external auditors, the RCMP allege in newly released court documents.
In all, the RCMP allege Wallin defrauded taxpayers of almost $27,500 for 25 trips made between 2009 and 2012. Investigators allege Wallin should have charged expenses to two private companies because the trips were part of her work as a director on the boards of Porter Airlines and wealth management firm Gluskin Sheff & Associates.
Instead, the RCMP allege Wallin charged them to the Senate, writing them off as “Senate business,” without providing any further explanation.
Wallin, the RCMP allege, committed fraud and breach of trust.
RCMP investigating 150 ‘suspicious’ claims from Pamela Wallin’s expenses - The Globe and Mail
An RCMP investigation into Pamela Wallin’s expenses has identified 150 “suspicious” claims, including two dozen relating to the suspended senator’s work as a board member for two Toronto-based companies, according to documents filed in an Ottawa court.
Interviews the RCMP conducted with executives from Porter Airlines and wealth management firm Gluskin Sheff revealed that it is standard practice for both companies to reimburse directors for expenses relating to board events, the documents said.
