Nova Scotia woman facing more than 150 fraud-related charges

A Nova Scotia pistillate facing much than 150 fraud-related charges appeared successful provincial tribunal connected Friday for a bail hearing.

The proceeding for Alissa Kathryn MacGillivary was adjourned, and the accused volition stay successful custody until her adjacent tribunal day connected March 7.

She is accused of obtaining much than $100,000 done fraudulent means since 2014.

More than 100 charges against her were announced connected Thursday, including extortion, forgery and fraud. Police had laid much than 50 fraud and firearm-related charges against her past September.

The RCMP said they arrested MacGillivary connected Jan. 17 aft officers had combed done documents seized during a hunt from August 2024.

Police accidental she allegedly had much than 15 fake identities that she utilized with forged documents to summation wealth and benefits dating backmost to 1995.

RCMP Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said 8 individuals and organizations person been identified arsenic victims.

“Some of her aliases were the existent identities of individuals who had fallen unfortunate to individuality theft,” Tremblay said successful an interview, adding that the breadth of the charges against MacGillivary and the magnitude of wealth progressive were “significant.”

“In my work present successful Nova Scotia I haven’t seen a azygous idiosyncratic charged with this galore fraud-related offences successful narration to 1 case,” helium said.

The charges announced connected Thursday see 21 counts of forgery, 28 of utilizing forged documents, 32 of possession of forged documents, 10 of individuality theft, 2 counts of fraud and 4 of individuality fraud.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Feb. 7, 2025.