3rd person charged in connection with alleged fraud at Calgary non-profit

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· Posted: Jun 30, 2025 4:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 hours ago

A 61-year-old Calgary pistillate has been charged successful transportation with an alleged fraud tied to a section assemblage organization.

On Monday, Calgary constabulary said they had charged Shawna Easthope with 1 number of fraud implicit $5,000 successful narration to an ongoing investigation tied to the Bowness Ratepayers Scouts and Lions Hall.

Last week, Calgary constabulary announced fraud charges against Nathan Mizera, 41, and Joshua Bredo, 40, after much than $66,000 was allegedly embezzled from the association.

Police said that successful 2022, the brace became progressive with the relation and its hall, rebranding it as BowCommons and holding events nether the sanction Discover Bowness.

The 2 men past assumed the positions of managing the regular operations, constabulary said, and 1 appointed himself wide manager "without predetermination oregon consent from the board."

Police said committee members contacted constabulary successful 2024 aft they "became acrophobic with the attraction and deterioration of the hallway and the transparency of fiscal documents, which led to the find of a important magnitude of missing funds." Police allege more than $66,000 was embezzled betwixt 2022 and 2024.

Mizera and Bredo have filed a $3.5-million suit against the constabulary and the association, alleging corruption.

Now, constabulary said that aft further investigation, Easthope was besides charged.

"It is believed the chairperson of Discover Bowness, the concern sanction associated with events hosted astatine the Bowness Ratepayers Scouts and Lions Hall, aboriginal rebranded arsenic BowCommons, straight benefited from and was complicit successful fraudulent enactment without reporting it to police," constabulary said successful a release.