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The Calgary Police Service (CPS) have charged a woman who embezzled over $125, 000 while serving as a treasurer for a Calgary-based girls fastball association.
According to the police the woman served as a vice president and a treasurer on the association’s board between 2019 and June 2023. During this time, she was entrusted with access to and signing authority for the association’s bank accounts. She became treasurer in 2021 after finishing her term as vice president.
“On Friday, June 16, 2023, the board’s president and vice president noticed something was off base with their financials when a cheque written for a tournament fee was returned due to insufficient funds.”
“The two board members reviewed the association’s bank statements and discovered that the woman had been sending e-transfers from its accounts to her personal accounts and deposited cheques written to and signed by herself.”
The board also discovered that the association’s accounts held negative balances, and was also owing several thousand dollars to various vendors, for which she was responsible for paying on its behalf, said CPS.
The two board members promptly reported the suspected fraud on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. After a thorough investigation, CPS says an officer discovered the woman had embezzled over $125, 000 between 2021 and and 2023 by depositing cheques and e-transfers from the association’s accounts into three separate bank accounts held in her name.
As a result, police have charged Leilani Calmusky, 45, of Calgary with one count each of defrauding a person over $5,000 and breach of trust.
She is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024.
Police is asking with information about the incident to 403-266-1234 or drop anonymous tips on Crime Stoppers. CPS encourages businesses that have suffered financial loss as a result of fraud to report it to the police.
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