Another financial scam by Narcotics Anonymous Members against vulnerable seniors.
Single Ottawa mom could face jail time for Narcotics Anonymous ‘grandparents scheme’
By Chloé Fedio, OTTAWA CITIZEN June 14, 2013
OTTAWA — A judge told a single mother he was “very reluctant” to send her to jail for her role in a “grandparents scheme” that defrauded seniors in Canada and the United States out of $45,000.
But Carolyn Palmer must prove that she is making real efforts to pay that money back before he will rule it out.
“I need to see some action,” Ontario Justice Robert Fournier said Friday afternoon.
Palmer was depressed that she could not afford Christmas for her young son when she was approached by another member of Narcotics Anonymous to take part in a mass marketing fraud, her lawyer argued at her sentencing hearing. Continue reading