64-year-old woman sentenced to jail for defrauding Regina charity

Despitewhatwasdescribedasadifficultlife,ArleneIrving,64,wasgivenajailsentenceWednesdayforherfraudagainstMobileCrisisServicesinRegina. “Thefactsherearesoextremeandtherearesomanyaggravatingcircumstances,thatasentenceofactualjailmustbeimposed,”wroteJudgeDougKovatchinhisdecision. Readmore: Courtheardthatfrom2016—whenIrvingbeganworkingasapayrollandbenefitsclerkatMobileCrisis—toJuly2021whenshewassuspended,shedefraudedthecharityoutof$139,616.82. Shewasresponsibleforthepersonnelfilesthereandforcompletingandensuringtheaccuracyoftimesheets. Irvingwasoverpaidinthreeways,submittingandprocessingovertimeforherself,changingherpayrateinthesystemandpayingherselfashiftdifferentialshewasn’tentitledto. Thefraudwasn’tfounduntilMobileCrisismovedtoanewpaymentsystemin2021anddiscrepancieswerediscovered. Kovatchnotedthat,thoughIrvingoverpaidherself,shedidpaytheappropriatetaxesonthehigherrate. MobileCrisisReginaisacharitywhichprovidessoc