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A woman has been charged in connection with the embezzling of more than $200,000 from a local charity over the span of two years.
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The suspect is one of the charity’s employees and allegedly embezzled $209,000. EPS say the offences occurred between Nov. 08, 2019 and Oct. 26, 2020.
The Alberta Foster and Kinship Association (AFKA) reported to police on Oct. 27, 2020 that they discovered their accountant had been transferring funds from one of the charity’s accounts into her personal accounts.
EPS investigators found the money was e-transferred into multiple accounts registered to the suspect. The suspect didn’t show up for her shift the day that a financial audit was taking place at AFKA, which led to the charity discovering the fraud.
“AFKA has been fully cooperative throughout this investigation, and we truly feel for them, as that’s the last thing you ever want to discover about an employee,” said Const. Shawn Joseph in a news release.
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“We suggest organizations segregate their accounting functions and use a system of checks and balances to ensure no one person has control over multiple significant parts of a financial transaction.”
Joseph added a piece of that includes technology. He said installing computer security measures would restrict access to computer terminals and records, periodically change entry codes and check regularly to ensure security procedures are active.
Brenda Rabie, 43, was charged with theft over $5,000 and fraud over $5,000 on Oct. 7.
AFKA is an Edmonton-based charity that provides support to foster and kinship care families.
