48-year-old Pamela Milne is facing charges after she allegedly defrauded residents from the Shawanaga First Nation community in the Parry Sound area.

According to reports, Milne, who has had her paralegal licence suspended by the Law Society of Ontario since 2016, allegedly obtained funds from the complainants to file Human Rights complaints and locate missing land documents.

The police investigation revealed she provided false information to the complainants and failed to deliver on the services for which she was retained. On Monday, February 24, 2020, the DRPS Financial Crimes Unit charged a 48-year-old paralegal with defrauding residents from the Shawanaga First Nation community.

History of deceit

Pamela Milne is the daughter of New Tecumseth Deputy Mayor Rick Milne. This isn’t the woman’s first time being on the wrong side of the law. In 2013 the crown accepted a plea bargain after she was arrested for fraud and theft that they allege took place when Milne was on the board of the Alliston Hornets Junior C Hockey Club.

Milne, who was 41 at the time, was charged June 2012 with one count of fraud over $5,000 and one count of theft under $5,000 as a result of a criminal investigation initiated by the Alliston Hornets over missing funds.

Current charges

Pamela MILNE of Whitby is charged with: Fraud under $5000 x2; Possession of Property Obtained by Crime under $5000; False Pretenses Under $5000; Forgery and Utter Forged Document. She was released on an Undertaking.

If anyone has new information about this investigation, they are asked to contact Det. Carriere of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5279.

Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.