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Police charge woman for allegedly defrauding local business

According to officers, a Collingwood business was defrauded more than $210,000 over three years
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A Wasaga Beach woman is facing a fraud charge after police were asked to investigate a situation with a Collingwood business. 

According to a news release, members from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains Ontario Provincial Police crime unit charged 39-year-old Sara Gray of Wasaga Beach with one count of fraud over $5,000. 

The police investigation began in February 2023 and involved a complaint about a former employee of a Collingwood business who allegedly altered payroll data so that funds deposited into the former employee's bank account. 

Police say the business was defrauded more than $210,000 over about three years. 

Gray has not yet faced these charges in court, but is scheduled to appear in an Owen Sound courtroom on April 9.