OPP seek 2 people, including ex-government director, in fraud investigation

A former provincial government director and his spouse are accused of committing fraud, the Ontario Provincial Police has said. The OPP is looking for a male suspect, a former senior bureaucrat with Ontario’s Ministry of Government and Consumer Services, who is facing three charges including breach of trust, fraud over $5,000 and conspiring to commit a criminal offence. The 37-year-old man also worked as a director with a start-up company called LokaWoka Inc., which produced an app that linked up workers and people needing help with odd jobs.

The man’s spouse, a 36-year-old woman, is also wanted for fraud over $5,000 and one other charge of conspiring. The OPP said its Anti-Rackets Branch received a complaint about the suspect in January of 2015 and launched an investigation. The police force was not immediately available to provide further details about the charges.