Fraud investigation leads to charges against two Onion Lake men

Onion Lake RCMP have charged two men with fraud over $5,000 following an investigation into alleged misappropriation of funds intended for Onion Lake Cree Nation.

On March 11, Saskatchewan RCMP received a report of the alleged misappropriation. The RCMP’s Central District General Investigation Section launched an investigation alongside the Onion Lake RCMP detachment.

The investigation determined that, over a four-year period, two men requested and received payments from landholders on Onion Lake Cree Nation unlawfully.

As a result, 67-year-old Tommy Whitstone and 54-year-old Richard Stanley, both from Onion Lake, have each been charged with one count of fraud over $5,000.