HANOVER – An Owen Sound man is facing 65 charges following a nearly eight-month long investigation by the Hanover Police Service.
Police say the lengthy investigation was launched in April 2022 after receiving a complaint of thefts and frauds from a local business, which was not named in a release from the Hanover Police Service.
“The investigation determined a former employee was swindling money totalling over $175,000 from the business, where he was employed for several years,” states the release from Christopher Knoll, chief of police.
The accused, 55-year-old Christopher Dewdney, has been charged with:
- 47 counts of theft under $5,000;
- six counts of forgery;
- five counts of theft over $5,000;
- five counts of fraud over $5,000;
- fraud under $5,000; and
- criminal breach of trust.
Hanover Police say Dewdney has since been released and is scheduled to appear in Walkerton court today (Dec. 14, 2022) to answer to the charges.
