Four Cape Breton women who cooked up a multimillion-dollar tax fraud made a last-minute effort at sentencing Thursday to defend their crimes. But it was too little too late as Lydia Saker and daughters Nadia Saker, Angela MacDonald and Georgette Young were handed prison terms ranging from two to four years.
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Four Cape Breton women to face trial on $3.6M in fraud charges
Four Cape Breton women will be in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Sydney later this month to get a trial date after a judge ruled there s enough evidence to support fraud charges totalling $3.6 million.
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Posted: Mar 03, 2021 4:40 PM AT | Last Updated: March 3
Four Cape Breton women are charged with federal tax fraud involving 10 companies including the former Spaghetti Benders restaurant in Boularderie, N.S.(Gary Mansfield/CBC)
Four Cape Breton women will be going to trial in Nova Scotia Supreme Court after allegedly claiming $3.6 million in fraudulent federal tax credits under 10 different companies.