Monique Clarke, a payroll administrator, was charged with fraud over $5,000 against her employer, Acxsys Corporation.
The Crown alleged she manipulated payroll records to divert funds to terminated employees' accounts, which were then deposited into seven different bank accounts, including one jointly held by her husband, and also granted herself unauthorized excess remuneration.
The court found the ADP and banking records reliable through comparison, establishing a total fraud of over $300,000.
The defense argued lack of proven actual loss and suggested other perpetrators, but the court dismissed these arguments, finding that Clarke had the exclusive opportunity and motive to commit the fraud.
The court concluded that the Crown proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Clarke committed the fraud.
