Thieving clerk fined for unpaid taxes on stolen money (1)
WINNIPEG – A former RCMP clerk cried in 2008 when she was sentenced for stealing more than $170,000 with government credit cards. Now she has reason to cry again.
The Canada Revenue Agency announced Kristina Ostapowich, of Falcon Lake, Man., has been fined $21,422 by a Manitoba court for not paying tax on the money she stole. The CRA doesn¹t care if earnings are legal or illegal ‹ they still want their cut.
Ostapowich was sentenced in June 2008 for theft over $5,000. While working for Headingley Traffic Services detatchment in 2004, she began a 19-month spree during which she misused credit cards 570 times. She was handed an 18-month conditional sentence.
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Let your imaginations run wild, folks. This one is a dandy.
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Undecided Voter Says:
I wonder if the guberment will go after all those Quebec Librano’s who stole our money through their ADSCAM Ponzi scheme for uncollected taxes?
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Jack Says:
That thought was right at the top of my list, UV.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Don Says:
She was convicted in ” O8″ and the tax department is on her already. The Libranos were caught out long before but we hear nothing from the tax department, so I guess that answers your question UV.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
I also wonder if the Quebec Librano’s ever returned any of that stolen money?
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
DWT Says:
Canada Revenue will surely pressure Benoit Corbeil to find out the name(s) of the ridings in Quebec that got brown envelopes – won’t they…..
Canada Revenue will surely go after Benoit Corbeil to pay tax on the extra funds received illegally – won’t they…..
Canada Revenue will surely request confidential information from Alfonso Gagliano regarding the Quebec wing of the Liberal Party – won’t they…..
Won’t they…..
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
DWT and if some Ontarians believe that they probably believe that Ontario lieberal Premier Dalton McHarris doesnt lie.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
beentheredonethat Says:
The specific circumstances that had to exist in order for this woman to succeed in her criminality over such a long period of time and even worse right under the very noses of the RCMP is in all likelihood a facinating story of aloofness and ineptitude. But you’re right, Jack, this ruling is a potential bombshell in other areas. I wonder how many Liberals/liberals will wet themselves when they read this story?
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Jack Says:
It’s not just politicians. Think about this story (if they ever catch him). Think about all the other crooks out there — drug dealers “et al”.
This is a hoot.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
jema54 Says:
This is a very interesting twist on hitting crooks where it hurts. I like it.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Jack Says:
Re: #9 — Indeed it is, Jema. I think Canada needs a lot more tax cops.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
mike Says:
Revenue Canada needs to start assessing the Hells Angels and all levels of gang activity small and great, grow ops the whole bunch. But they will be too busy auditing all the home reno tax credits that will be claimed to bother.
mid island mike
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
jt Says:
Crime pays, at least to the CRA! If you do the crime, you do the time & pay the dime. LOL.
That’s very interesting. Say some dude does $2 million in Maryjane “sales”, get’s caught, but shows receipts for “expenses” that reduce his income. Does he get a credit on his “taxable income? Whole new ball game here.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
nomdeblog Says:
UV , being undecided, would either:
- just hand out a heavy sentence of HST
or
-a much lighter charge with a show trial in Yemen followed by waterboarding
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
MaryT Says:
Every tax prep office has clients that they send to the newest employee.
I had a mother come in with lots of info, did the return for her son, and he paid the taxes owed. But could not find out source of income, but took a guess when I read about him being in jail for bank robbery.
One must always report illgotten gains. Isn’t that what did in Brian.
But, the FOIP prevents one from telling the police about them.
And it is quite educational to see what the ladies of the night put down for source of income. Some were quite inventive. But, the did declare and pay their taxes.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
Nom – how about sending them to the Quebec Nation and in return they could ask the federal conservative government to increase their $8 billion transfer payment which the Tories will gladly consider and we’ll all be the losers. Remember, crime pays in liberal Quebec as we all learned through their ADSCAM Ponzie Entitlement scheme.
Or a worse penalty of spending years sitting in the HoC listening to all the political lies & posturing in both official languages. Naw that would be too harsh.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
nomdeblog Says:
UV, your inference there is that you don’t like equalization payments flowing all over the place …good! Which also ties in with Jack’s recent ranting (correctly) about there being only one taxpayer. So if you want to fix these Enron-like accounting games between Ottawa and the Provinces, then you’ll need to “decide” who is most likely to do that?
Specifically we’ll need the help of a Senate to get these old legacy Trudeaupian Ponzi games killed. So that means proRogue’ing and whole lot of other stuff that we have had to hold our noses for and pray we don’t snooker ourselves.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Undecided Voter Says:
‘Whose most likely to do that, Nom?’ No one is going to cut back on Quebec’s transfer payment ’entitlement’ as their just too influential with all of the federal parties, particularly the Librano’s.
Remember Harper getting his hands slapped by Quebec when he threatened to cut grants for cultural/social groups which caused his poopularity to take a nose dive in that province?
But I would love to see an elected senate. Its the democratic thing to do.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Mac Says:
Be careful what you wish for, gents. My experiences with CRA haven’t been helpful or useful. They’re very good at taking houses away from confused old widows who don’t pay their capital gains taxes when dispersing the family business. Going after hardcore criminals? Not so much.
Posted on January 6th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
jt Says:
This was just done and the info released to effect some cheers from the peanut gallery. But my point above is valid. Even if the CRA had the cojones to actually go after the Big Boys of crime, I can assure you some clever tax lawyers are just drooling over the fees they could charge to fight the CRA on this one. Besides that, how many CRA employees want their faces front and center in a court room up against the Big Boys of crime? Cricketss……….?
Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 9:59 am
beentheredonethat Says:
In a lot of repects Revenue Canada is a lot like CBSA. They’s rather go after the easy targets. Less work (these are government employees don’t forget) and higher ‘sucessfully concluded’ statistics.
Posted on January 7th, 2010 at 10:54 am