Woman charged in theft from Iqaluit hockey association
Police allege Karen Dunphy stole more than $5,000 from Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association; no plea entered in court yet
A woman in Iqaluit faces a charge of theft over $5,000, relating to funds allegedly stolen from Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
One person has been charged in connection with the theft of money from the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association more than two years ago.
Police charged Karen Dunphy, 38, of Iqaluit with theft over $5,000 on April 2 following an investigation, RCMP spokesperson Cpl. George Henrie said in an email to Nunatsiaq News on Tuesday.
The single count relates to the period between Feb. 19, 2022 and May 31, 2022, according to the information police filed with the Nunavut Court of Justice when they charged her.
Court documents indicate Dunphy also faces three other unrelated charges: fraud under $5,000, forgery, and fraudulent impersonation. Those charges stem from a separate incident alleged to have occurred on Nov. 21, 2023.
The court documents indicate she has not yet entered a plea on any of those charges. Efforts by Nunatsiaq News to contact Dunphy as well as her lawyer for comment were unsuccessful.
Dunphy was scheduled to appear in court May 30. She is due to appear again Aug. 12.
A Feb. 8, 2021, post on the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association’s Facebook page names her as the association’s fundraising chairperson.
The charge stems from an investigation into the alleged theft of money first reported by CBC News in November 2023.
On Nov. 27, 2023, Tooma Natsiq, then-president of the Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association, posted on Facebook that the association’s board had been informed of an RCMP investigation into stolen funds dating back to March 2023.
Natsiq said then that the board was co-operating with the RCMP, and that none of the board members had any involvement in the alleged incident.
Reached on Facebook Messenger Wednesday, Natsiq said he did not have any updates on the incident, adding that he had moved away from Iqaluit in the spring.
In an email to Nunatsiaq News, acting president Mark Mossey, speaking for the association’s board, said: “The Iqaluit Amateur Hockey Association will refrain from commenting on this matter while there are ongoing court proceedings.”
They should start posting the pictures of those people
Corruption and Theft in Nunavik communities by representatives and or council members are not being written about in most Inuit businesses, corporations or contractors. Its RAMPANT!!! Out of CONTROL!!!!
I would like to read a NN Story on the Inuit organizations employees and or their representatives within Nunavik who wiggle through the loop holes and get hundreds of thousands of dollars of materialistic property for free from other Inuit Organization within Nunavik.
The comments are speaking out the truths,
Lots of this is happening on every board to employees for there gain and don’t report well todate ,
Everyone is replaceable ,
The people should realize this and let’s them stay in for a reason thinking of good employee who doesn’t understand business just stay quiet I guess darn….
Eyes and ears