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Million-dollar fraud trial finally going ahead next week

Aug 14, 2017 | 3:34 PM

A million-dollar fraud case dating back nearly five years is finally heading to trial next week.

Blackfalds RCMP began investigating in October 2012 after a former bookkeeper at Silverado Oilfield Ventures was suspected of altering financial documents and stealing millions of dollars from the company.

Shelley Davidson, who is now 40, was arrested the following August and charged with fraud and theft over $5000.

Davidson worked for the company from 2006 to 2011. Silverado Oilfield Ventures  shut its doors soon after the alleged fraud was discovered.