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Order of Canada recipient accused of bilking charity: 4 charged with stealing $800,000 from Imperial Oil foundation
Eby, Chris. The Ottawa Citizen [Ottawa, Ont] 27 July 1999: A5.

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Susan Young, 47, who managed Imperial Oil's corporate art collection in addition to overseeing the company's charitable work, and Tracy Lequyere, 48, named to the Order of Canada in 1989 for his work combating illiteracy, are alleged to have submitted phoney expense claims, inflated the prices of art bought for the company and pocketed money that had been earmarked for charity. They are alleged to have been joined by Mr. Lequyere's former wife Peggy, 36, and Christine Davis, 46, in the scheme, which started in 1992. Ms. Young's employment with the oil giant was terminated in May 1998, Richard O'Farrell, a spokesman for Imperial, said. He denied a police report that said Ms. Young had hired Mr. Lequyere to work as a director of the company's charitable foundation.

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TORONTO -- The former head of Imperial Oil's charitable foundation and three others -including a member of the Order of Canada -- have been charged with bilking the energy giant out of $800,000, police say. Susan Young, 47, who managed Imperial Oil's corporate art collection in addition to overseeing the company's charitable work, and Tracy Lequyere, 48, named to the Order of Canada in 1989 for his work combating illiteracy, are alleged to have submitted phoney expense claims, inflated the prices of art bought for the company and pocketed money that had been earmarked for charity. They are alleged to have been joined by Mr. Lequyere's former wife Peggy, 36, and Christine Davis, 46, in the scheme, which started in 1992. Det. Ted Gaskin said an "irregularity" was noticed in an internal audit last year and police began their investigation. "Some of the invoices were for art already in the collection," said Det. Gaskin, who headed up the year-long probe. The four accused turned themselves in at 52 Division yesterday at Det. Gaskin's request. They have been charged with one count each of fraud over $5,000. They were released and are to appear in court on Aug. 31. Mr. Lequyere, a former convict who spent more than 10 years in prisons across the country, had been the subject of several news media profiles in the late 1980s. After abandoning his

criminal past, he championed adult literacy, working closely with Frontier College, Toronto's literacy institution. In 1985, he began Beat-the-Street, a program funded by Imperial Oil, which taught street people in Toronto how to read. He later helped launch Read Canada, a national literacy program in 1989, shortly before being appointed a member of the Order of Canada. Alan Eagleson, a former player agent and founder of the NHL Players' Association, was stripped of his Order of Canada, after being convicted of fraud and theft. Mr. Eagleson is the only recipient in the 30-year history of the Order to be asked to return the award. Ms. Young's employment with the oil giant was terminated in May 1998, Richard O'Farrell, a spokesman for Imperial, said. He denied a police report that said Ms. Young had hired Mr. Lequyere to work as a director of the company's charitable foundation. He would not comment on the circumstances surrounding Ms. Young's departure, nor how long she had worked for the company. Illustration Black &White Photo: Mark Lerman, The Canadian Press / Tracy Lequyere, who was awarded the Order of Canada for his work with adult literacy, was among the four charged. ;

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Title Author Publication title Pages Number of pages Publication year Publication date Year Dateline Section Publisher Publisher Place of publication Country of publication Journal subject ISSN Source type Language of publication Document type ProQuest document ID Order of Canada recipient accused of bilking charity: 4 charged with stealing $800,000 from Imperial Oil foundation:[Final Edition] Eby, Chris The Ottawa Citizen A5 0 1999 Jul 27, 1999 1999 TORONTO News Ottawa, Ont. CanWest Digital Media Ottawa, Ont. Canada General Interest Periodicals--Canada 08393222 Newspapers English News 240282851

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