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Vancouver RCMP to obtain
a search) =o warrant, — the
employee regularly wrote
cheques to herself,

The woman used her
maiden name and — then
deposited the cheques to her
own account,

The cheques ranged in
value from $746 to $3,150.

They were often written
wichin days of cach other.

Sometimes she wrote
more than one cheque to
herself on the same day.

“To you and 7 they are
big cheques,” said ICBC
spokesman Brian Geary.
“But that’s the reality.

“We're a $2 billion-a-year
organization. So we’re issu-
ing a multitude of cheques
every day for a variety of
benefits — claims related
payments.”

Geary said ICBC special
investigators were tipped to
the cheque-writing spree
when a claims adjustor noted
a cheque had been written
on onc of her old files.

While in the process of
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er cheque was written on the
same file.

“We have an internal
audit department and the
audit department monitors
the issuing of cheques,” said
Geary.

“We have systems set up
to basically red flag when
there are too many cheques
written against a claim file,
or too many cheques are
written by one individual
against a series of claims
files.”

The audit department
passed the file to ICRC’s
own special investigation
unit.

The woman was fired in
November 1998.

The file was passed over

to legal authorities
December.

“She ended up getting
caught through the policies
and procedures of ICBC,”
said Cpl. Chris Kennedy of
the RCMP’s cconomi¢ crime
unit.

“Fortunately it’s not
going to have an impact on
rates,” Geary said, adding
insurance covered most of
the Joss.

One charge of fraud over
$5,000 and one charge of
theft over $5,000) were
sworn April 29 against
Burnaby resident Tracy Hall,
34. Hall is expected to make
her first appearance in North
Vancouver provincial court
on June 9.

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News Reporter

THE first Kosovar refugees bound
for the North Shore are scheduled to
arrive here today.

And while several North Shore sponsors tor
the refugees have come forward over the last
two weeks, more are needed.

Officials from the North Shore Multicultural
Society say 30 North Shore families have signed
up to sponsor refugees.

“T believe more (are) needed,” said Golnaz
Ali, the society’s host program coordinator.

Ali said an information meeting will be held
June 9 for volunteers who have already regis-

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tered with the society as sponsors for Kosovar
refugees.

Around 800 refugees, displaced by the war in
the Balkans, are expected to come to the Lower
Mainland — some to link with family members
and others with sponsorship groups.

Groups of five — whether from a business or
a community group — are being sought to
sponsor families for one or two years.

Sponsors would not be bound by a financial
obligation nor would they be expected to put
the refugees up in their homes, They would help
the refttwees acelimatize to Canadian culture.

“We're still getting names coming in,” said
Margarct Third, the NCMS’s exceutive director.

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The District of West Vancouver, The District of North Vancouver,

and The City of North Vancouver;

1999 Residential
Lawn Sprinkling Regulations
In support of the Greater Vancouver Water Districi's Water Shortage

Response Plan, the following lawn sprinkling regulations are in
effect from June 1, 1999 until September 30, 1999:

EVEN numbered addresses can use sprinklers
SATURDAY and WEDNESDAY
4:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

ODD numbered adresses can use sprinklers
SUNDAY and THURSDAY
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