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A ROYAL Bank of Canada financial services officer who was accused of falsifying several accounts and defrauding the bank of hundreds of thousands of dollars over a decade ago, was yesterday denied bail ahead of her trial.
Erma Mitchell appeared before Magistrate Armbrose Armbrister charged with over 80 fraud related offences which the prosecution alleged she committed between April 2008 and December 2009.
Yesterday, the 67-year-old was charged with 17 counts of falsification of accounts, 23 counts of forgery, 23 counts of uttering a forged document, 23 counts of fraud by false pretences and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud.
The finance officer was accused of falsifying the RBC accounts by fabricating personal loan application forms which were filed in the names of other people.