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Canada needs tougher laws for sex offenders, mother of slain teen tells MMIWG inquiry

February 13, 2018 Maureen Googoo
The family of a New Brunswick Mi’kmaw teen who was raped and murdered by her cousin in 2009 wants tougher laws in Canada for sex offenders. “He shouldn’t have the opportunity for parole,” Pam Fillier, […]
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Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 5

May 13, 2017 Maureen Googoo
Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: Episode 5 Recorded on October 30, 2016 Host: Maureen Googoo Other ways to listen to Kukukwes.com – The Podcast: iTunes Google Play Tunein Radio RSS Podcast includes: 1. Interview with APTN […]
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Money stolen from Sipekne’katik Band to build luxury house to be returned

November 1, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A Nova Scotia court has ordered former Sipekne’katik band councillor Michael P. Sack to pay back $133,000 to the band. Former band financial manager Jeffrey Cecil Hayes originally stole the funds from Sipekne’katik band coffers […]
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Former Sipekne’katik finance director gets 2 years in prison for fraud, theft

October 28, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former Director of Finance for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for stealing more than $340,000 from the band coffers. Justice John Murphy also ordered Jeffrey […]
News

Sentencing of former Sipekne’katik Band Finance Director adjourned until Oct. 28

September 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The sentencing of a Halifax man convicted of stealing and defrauding more than $300,000 from the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia has been adjourned until October 28. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 61, was scheduled to be […]
News

Former Sipekne’katik finance director found guilty of theft, fraud

June 16, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band has been found guilty of theft, fraud and possession of stolen property over $5,000. A 12-member jury reached verdict in the trial of Jeffrey Cecil Hayes Thursday […]
News

Jury deliberates in fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik finance director

June 15, 2016 Maureen Googoo
After hearing testimony over a four-week period, the jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in the trial of the former finance director of the Sipekne’katik Band accused of misappropriating approximately $350,000 of band money. Jeffrey Cecil […]
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Hayes “given the keys to the kingdom,” crown alleges in fraud trial

June 14, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The trial of the former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band entered its final stage Monday with both the crown and defence presenting their final arguments before the jury in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in […]
News

Former chief denies he approved transfer of band funds to accounts controlled by former finance director

June 3, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The former chief of the Sipekne’katik Band said in court Thursday that he never authorized the transfer of thousands of dollars of band funds into bank accounts controlled by the band’s former finance director. Sipekne’katik […]
News

Band never authorized commission payments to Hayes, councillor testifies

June 2, 2016 Maureen Googoo
Sipekne’katik Band chief and council never authorized a plan to pay the band’s finance director a ten per cent commission for bringing business to the band, a band councillor testified in court on Wednesday. Thomas […]
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Band councillor who complained to RCMP in 2010 testifies in fraud trial

May 31, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The Sipekne’katik band councillor who complained to the RCMP about alleged fraudulent activity at the Sipekne’katik band office in 2010 said he did so because he  couldn’t get answers about questionable activity with a dormant band […]
News

Sipekne’katik finance director fired for using band funds to buy land, band councillor testifies

May 27, 2016 Maureen Googoo
A councillor with the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia testified the band’s former finance director was dismissed in 2012 when chief and council learned he purchased land using band funds. “It was a big let […]
News

Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director begins

May 18, 2016 Maureen Googoo
The jury trial of the former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band in Nova Scotia got underway in Halifax on Tuesday. Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 61, is charged with theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000 and […]
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Fraud trial of former Sipekne’katik Finance Director set to begin May 2016

September 10, 2015 Maureen Googoo
Five weeks have been set aside in May and June 2016 for the trial of a Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band. The jury trial for Jeffery Cecil Hayes, 60, is set to […]
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Hayes back in court Sept. 10 to set date for trial

August 6, 2015 Maureen Googoo
A Halifax man accused of defrauding the Sipekne’katik Band will be back in court September 10 to set a date for trial. The lawyer for Jeffrey Cecil Hayes, 60, appeared on behalf of his client […]

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