P.E.I. funeral home fraud matters adjourned to October
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A former P.E.I. funeral residence director going through 66 fraud prices for allegedly misappropriating funds in relation to pre-arranged funerals made a quick look on Aug. 22 in provincial courtroom in Charlottetown.
On the courtroom look, Lowell Oakes, 70, was granted an adjournment by Decide Nancy Orr to Oct. 12 to permit him time to evaluate disclosure from the Crown legal professional’s workplace together with his lawyer.
Oakes is the proprietor, director and operator of Dawson Funeral House Ltd. in Crapaud.
In July, the P.E.I. RCMP charged Oakes with the 66 fraud prices in July after receiving a number of complaints from Dawson Funeral House clients.
In line with a July 22 press launch, the P.E.I. RCMP says that Dawson Funeral House allegedly failed to put the cash it acquired from a number of complainants for pre-arranged funerals right into a belief account, which it was required to do inside 30 days of signing an settlement with a consumer.
Additionally it is alleged that the cash Dawson Funeral House acquired is unaccounted for, and quantities to lots of of hundreds of {dollars}.
The fraud prices date again to 1999. Dawson Funeral House closed in August 2021.
Along with the prison prices, Oakes has additionally confronted a number of lawsuits from former Dawson Funeral House clients on P.E.I.
Earlier this yr, the Prince Edward Island Funeral Providers and Professions Board revoked Oakes’ funeral director and funeral residence operator licences and fined him $15,000 in relation to the allegations.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. He might be reached by e mail at [email protected] and might be adopted on Twitter @terry_mcn.
