The Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry revealed the killer used multiple schemes to enrich himself, left no paper trail, and hid large sums of cash
It remains a troubling question that will linger long after the public inquiry into the worst mass shooting in Canadian history: How did the Nova Scotia killer amass such huge amounts of cash, for someone who reported an annual income of $40,000?
The inquiry found Mr. Wortman withdrew the money from CIBC after becoming paranoid that the COVID-19 pandemic would cause a collapse of Canadian banks. A senior CIBC official tried telling the increasingly agitated and aggressive killer that his money was safer in the bank, according to a new inquiry report.
The killer’s common-law spouse Lisa Banfield told the inquiry that he “wasn’t claiming what he actually made” from his denture business, but to her knowledge he didn’t have another source of income. She said she never saw any drugs in their house. During this period, the report found Mr. Wortman received an additional $232,900 in his personal accounts and another $96,755 in a joint account he shared with Ms. Banfield, though it doesn’t indicate where the money came from.
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