A man who set up a fake online fundraiser for the Humboldt Broncos following the Saskatchewan hockey team's deadly bus crash has been sentenced to 14 months in jail.
Court heard Olesiuk raised about $3,900 through a GoFundMe account after the crash, but instead of the money going to the team, it was deposited into his personal account and spent.
Court heard he lost the donation receipt in a house fire and couldn't remember which organization the woman collecting donations was affiliated with. "If you're going to take advantage of people in that way, find easy ways to take advantage of people, if you get caught, you'll be prosecuted and you'll go to jail."
In that scheme, Olesiuk posed as a financial trader in cannabis stocks for a fake company that he pitched to a couple from British Columbia, including with a bogus business card and documents that appeared real, said Howarth.
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