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Canadian Nets 11 Fraud Charges in Hockey Card Case
Fri Jan 7, 4:42 PM ET Canada - Reuters
By Astrid Poei
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police charged a former senior federal bureaucrat with fraud on Friday, alleging he used government credit cards to fund his passion for collecting sports cards.
Donald Billing, a former director of Measurement Canada, was charged with 11 counts of fraud. Police say he used government credit cards to buy hockey cards valued at approximately C$185,000 ($150,000), and tried to pass off the purchases as office supplies.
"It's certainly different," said Cpl. Howard Adams of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "I don't think there have been many cases where government employees have been purchasing hockey cards."
Christiane Fox, a spokeswoman for Measurement Canada, which ensures the accuracy of meters and scales, said Billing was suspended without pay in September 2003, pending the outcome of an internal investigation. In January 2004, his employment with the agency was terminated and he was reported to the Mounties.
As a result of the case, Fox said: "There's now an increased monitoring of credit card purchases and the number of credit cards in use by Measurement Canada has been reduced by 42 nationally."
When contacted at his Barrie, Ontario, home, Billing refused to comment on the charges. He is to appear in court on Feb. 11.
Fri Jan 7, 4:42 PM ET Canada - Reuters
By Astrid Poei
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian police charged a former senior federal bureaucrat with fraud on Friday, alleging he used government credit cards to fund his passion for collecting sports cards.
Donald Billing, a former director of Measurement Canada, was charged with 11 counts of fraud. Police say he used government credit cards to buy hockey cards valued at approximately C$185,000 ($150,000), and tried to pass off the purchases as office supplies.
"It's certainly different," said Cpl. Howard Adams of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. "I don't think there have been many cases where government employees have been purchasing hockey cards."
Christiane Fox, a spokeswoman for Measurement Canada, which ensures the accuracy of meters and scales, said Billing was suspended without pay in September 2003, pending the outcome of an internal investigation. In January 2004, his employment with the agency was terminated and he was reported to the Mounties.
As a result of the case, Fox said: "There's now an increased monitoring of credit card purchases and the number of credit cards in use by Measurement Canada has been reduced by 42 nationally."
When contacted at his Barrie, Ontario, home, Billing refused to comment on the charges. He is to appear in court on Feb. 11.
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Iseeyou- I find it hard to believe he outbid you at a Southern Ontario card shop.
<< <i>Another report states that the cards were bought at six different Southern Ontario sports shops, not Ebay.
Iseeyou- I find it hard to believe he outbid you at a Southern Ontario card shop. >>
Sound factory He was a roly poly gentleman that reminded me of a Jolly fat man I once knew. He wore big black boots was in a big red suit and drove 6 reindeer.
It was a joke man.