Drug addicted fraudster jailed for Nanaimo crime spree
NANAIMO — A significant run of credit card fraud to fund an uncontrollable drug habit has led to a four year prison sentence for a man from the Prairies.
Troy Joseph Chance Collier, 33, has two years and five months remaining on his sentence due to credit for time served after pleading guilty to 13 drug trafficking and fraud charges.
Collier was sentenced following a joint submission overseen by Judge Brian Harvey at provincial court in Nanaimo Thursday.
He’ll also serve 18-months probation after his jail tenure in a federal penitentiary.