Former SAO faces fraud charge

The former senior administrative officer of Kugaaruk is accused of defrauding the hamlet of $27,000.

Quinn Taggart, 42, faces one charge of fraud that dates back to around April 16, 2002. Police charged him on Feb. 3, 2006, after a lengthy investigation into questionable money transactions.

Taggart began working for the hamlet from May 1998 to November 1999 as finance administrator. He returned in May 1999 until April 2002 as senior administrative officer.

He is to make his first court appearance on June 7 in Kugaaruk. Taggart lives in Nova Scotia.