Posted: Jul 27, 2021 8:20 PM AT | Last Updated: July 27
Angela MacDonald of Kentville, N.S., is seen at Nova Scotia Supreme Court holding a binder. She is charged alongside her mother and two sisters in a multimillion-dollar fraud case. (CBC)
Members of a Cape Breton family accused in a multimillion-dollar tax fraud case will not be calling any witnesses in their defence.
Georgette Young, Angela MacDonald, Nadia Saker, along with their mother, Lydia Saker, have pleaded not guilty to 30 charges including fraud.
The women, who were charged after a lengthy investigation by the Canada Revenue Agency, are accused of using fictitious sales and expenses to drum up higher tax refunds to be paid out by the federal government.
Charter application dismissed in multi-million Cape Breton fraud case
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Trial underway for N S women accused in $3 6 million fraud case
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Posted: May 07, 2021 8:32 PM AT | Last Updated: May 7
A sign is pictured in front of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) national headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 13, 2017. (Chris Wattie/Reuters)
Members of a Cape Breton family accused in a $3.6-million tax scheme have had their trial delayed by the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the province.
The four charged are Lydia Saker and her daughters, Nadia Saker, Angela MacDonald and Georgette Young.
The Canada Revenue Agency has accused the women of engaging in tax fraud involving 10 companies, including the former Spaghetti Benders restaurant in Boularderie, N.S.
Their trial has been pushed back to May 25, but Supreme Court Justice Robin Gogan said Friday there could be further hang-ups due to the pandemic.
A trial date was set today for a Cape Breton family accused of tax fraud.
Lydia Saker from Sydney Mines and her three daughters, Georgette Young, Angela MacDonald, and Nadia Saker, are accused of defrauding the federal government of $3.6 million over a five-year period.
They said last month they plan to represent themselves and be tried by judge alone and a 24-day trial is now set to begin on May 17th.
The Canada Revenue Agency says the women reported tens of millions of dollars in sales from their 10 companies that never happened.
They’re facing a total of 30 counts of fraud.