A Manitoba court has ordered the seizure of a former Gilbert Plains chief administrative officer's wages after the western Manitoba municipality filed a lawsuit accusing her of stealing over a half a million dollars, then faking a cyberattack to cover her tracks.
Former Gilbert Plains CAO Amber Fisher will see wage garnishment of nearly $550,000, and the municipality of Gilbert Plains launched a lawsuit.
The seizure of Fisher's wages comes after a default judgment was made against her when she didn't file any defence in the civil lawsuit.
However, recent court documents show Fisher hadn't made any more payments to the municipality as of Sept. 27.
The municipality said in its lawsuit that Fisher had breached her contract through "criminal, fraudulent, and unlawful conduct," alleging she made 33 transfers, totalling about $515,000, from the municipality's bank account to her own from September 2020 to July 2021.
Gilbert Plains also accused Fisher of falsifying bank statements to hide the transfers, giving councillors illegitimate reports that cleared her of fraud, and making up a story that she had been the victim of a cyberattack.
