Man charged with fraud after $14,000 goes missing from charity choir

Posted Oct 8, 2015 03:10:12 AM.

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NEW MINAS, N.S. – Police in New Minas say a 53-year-old man is facing charges after $14,000 went missing from the Annapolis Valley Honour Choir.

Allan Joseph MacDonnell of Coldbrook has been charged with fraud over $5,000.

Kings District RCMP say investigators received word on Dec. 5, 2014 of an alleged internal fraud at the choir.

During a nine-month investigation, police determined $14,000 had gone missing in a span of four months.

MacDonnell is scheduled to appear in Kentville provincial court on Dec. 7.

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