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RCMP say a consultant has been charged after she was accused of submitting fraudulent timesheets that resulted in overbilling by roughly $250,000. A consultant accused of overbilling the federal government by roughly $250,000 has been charged with fraud, the RCMP said Tuesday.
The RCMP said that in the summer of 2021, Public Services and Procurement Canada launched an investigation of a federal consultant who did contract work with eight separate federal government departments and Crown corporations. "Today's announcement indicates the government will not tolerate illegal activities and will bring fraudulent billing schemes to justice," the PSPC statement said.Government refers suspected contractor fraud to RCMP, more cases could be comingCanada's federal procurement department says three IT sub-contractors billed multiple departments for the same work for years, and the suspected fraud has been referred to police.
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