Accused fraudster appears in court

A woman charged with defrauding the Kitikmeot Regional Health and Social Services board is set to appear in Nunavut Court of Justice in Cambridge Bay during the week of April 8.

Linda Burles, 35, was charged with one count of defrauding KHSS of more than $5,000 and one count of falsifying documents on Sept. 25, 2001. She is now employed with Nunavut Impact Review Board.

A publication ban prevents Crown counsel Christine Gagnon from disclosing the amount of money involved. The charge states that incidents are alleged to have taken place from February 1997 to July 1999 in Cambridge Bay. The government of the Northwest Territories was responsible for KHSS during most of that time. However, court records lists the government of Nunavut as a complainant.