Man who pledged $7M to hockey team charged with fraud over cheques to restaurant
VANCOUVER — A man who promised $7.5 million to a junior hockey team in British Columbia has been charged with forgery and fraud after a restaurant owner complained to police about an unpaid bill.
Cranbrook RCMP say they began investigating Michael Lawrence Gould of Wasa, B.C., in early November after a local business owner contacted them. The owner said she’d catered a banquet for 50 people and she was paid with cheques.
“When the business owner attempted to cash the cheques, she was advised that there were insufficient funds,” Const. Kathy Forgeron said in a statement on Tuesday.
Forgeron said Crown counsel has approved charges of forgery and fraud against Gould, who is scheduled to appear in court on Monday.