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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Former Sipekne’katik Finance Director ordered to stand trial

July 17, 2015 Maureen Googoo

The former finance director for the Sipekne’katik Band has been committed to stand trial on fraud, theft and breach of trust charges following a preliminary inquiry July 16 in Halifax Provincial Court. Judge Michael Sherar […]