Accused in Whitecap missing funds facing additional charges
- EFN Staff | April 22, 2014
The man charged with allegedly stealing millions of dollars from the Whitecap Dakota First Nation is facing four more charges.
Hugo Gallegos was originally charged with theft over $5,000 and fraud over $5,000.following RCMP investigating a complaint from Whitecap into missing funds.
Gallegos left the country for his home of El Salvador but later turned himself in.
Now he faces another charge of theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime over $5,000, and laundering the proceeds of crime.
These new charges are related to alleged offences that occurred between January 2009 and July 2013.