Canadian charged with fraud
Jun 28, 2008
A Canadian who has been living in Uganda has been charged in a Toronto court over swindling $800,000 (sh1.3b) from 21 daycare centres
A Canadian who has been living in Uganda has been charged in a Toronto court over swindling $800,000 (sh1.3b) from 21 daycare centres, writes VISION REPORTER.
David Reiner faces 21 counts of fraud and 21 counts of theft. He was a bookkeeper for daycare centres across Toronto. He appeared in court on Thursday and will remain in custody until his bail hearing on July 3.
Reiner, 61, was arrested late Wednesday after stepping off a plane at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport following a flight from Kampala, Uganda, the online Canadian CBC news reported on Friday. He had been in Africa for two years. Reiner agreed to return to Canada and report to police. CBC’s ‘The Fifth Estate’ tracked him down in uganda and a team with the programme accompanied him home. The accountant looked tired in the courtroom and kept his head down.
The daycare operators told The Fifth Estate they became suspicious in September 2006 after Reiner resigned without notice and disappeared, leaving behind his wife, two daughters and a home in High Park in west-end Toronto.
They alleged that money, which was supposed to be forwarded to the government for taxes, was missing.
David Reiner faces 21 counts of fraud and 21 counts of theft. He was a bookkeeper for daycare centres across Toronto. He appeared in court on Thursday and will remain in custody until his bail hearing on July 3.
Reiner, 61, was arrested late Wednesday after stepping off a plane at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport following a flight from Kampala, Uganda, the online Canadian CBC news reported on Friday. He had been in Africa for two years. Reiner agreed to return to Canada and report to police. CBC’s ‘The Fifth Estate’ tracked him down in uganda and a team with the programme accompanied him home. The accountant looked tired in the courtroom and kept his head down.
The daycare operators told The Fifth Estate they became suspicious in September 2006 after Reiner resigned without notice and disappeared, leaving behind his wife, two daughters and a home in High Park in west-end Toronto.
They alleged that money, which was supposed to be forwarded to the government for taxes, was missing.