The former vice-president and treasurer of a Calgary girls fastball association is being charged with fraud after being accused of embezzling more than $125,000 from the organization.
Investigators say that 45-year-old Leilani Calmusky served as Vice President of the association’s board from 2019 to 2021, and served as treasurer from 2021 to 2023 after finishing her term as VP.
These positions gave her access to the associations bank accounts along with signing authority for those accounts.
In June 2023, the boards President and Vice President noticed a discrepancy within the accounts after a cheque written for a tournament fee was returned due to insufficient funds.
The two board members reviewed the associations bank statements and uncovered that Calmusky had been sending e-transfers from their accounts to her own personal accounts, while also depositing cheques written to and signed by herself.
They also found that the associations accounts had negative balances, and owed several thousand dollars to multiple vendors that she was responsible for paying on the group’s behalf.
The board members reported the suspected fraud to police a few days later. A thorough police investigation found that Calmusky embezzled more than $125,000 between 2021 and 2023.
She is now facing one count of breach of trust and one count of defrauding a person over $5,000.
She is set to appear in court on December 10.
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