Former Rankin Inlet women’s shelter director faces fraud charge
RCMP say Joyce Kent’s arrest follows allegation of missing funds at Kataujaq Society
Police charged the former director of the Kataujaq Society, which runs a women’s shelter in Rankin Inlet, with fraud and breach of trust after the organization filed a report of missing funds with the RCMP in Rankin Inlet, whose detachment is seen here. (File photo by David Venn)
A former executive director of the Kataujaq Society in Rankin Inlet has been arrested in connection with an allegation over missing funds, Nunavut RCMP announced Friday afternoon.
Joyce Kent, 54, was arrested at her home in Winnipeg on Tuesday and charged with breach of trust and fraud over $5,000.
“Ms. Kent used her position of trust to misappropriate funds that were otherwise destined for the work of the women’s shelter and the daycare in Rankin Inlet,” Cpl. Rodney MacIntyre of the Iqaluit RCMP’s general investigations section said in a news release.
Last August, Kataujaq Society filed a complaint to the RCMP alleging missing money. Police opened an investigation which ultimately led to Kent’s arrest.
She was released and is scheduled to appear in court in Rankin Inlet on June 3.
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