By Sheldon Spackman

Alleged Fraud

Preliminary hearing scheduled for man accused of fraud while posing as lawyer

Jan 25, 2021 | 11:52 AM

A Red Deer man accused of committing fraud while posing as a lawyer is scheduled to find out this spring if his case has enough evidence to go to trial.

Chance Aaron Shaw, 29, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Apr. 19.

He faces counts of fraud over $5,000 and breach of conditions in the alleged incident which spanned from Feb. 2, 2018 – Mar. 12, 2018, where Shaw is accused of defrauding one person.

Shaw was previously scheduled for trial in the matter last December.

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Shaw is also scheduled for trial on April 19 regarding another matter where he’s accused of selling a motorcycle in 2019 that he didn’t own.

The alleged offences occurred between June 4 and July 21 of that year.

Shaw was later arrested in November 2019 and remains in custody at Red Deer Remand Centre (RDRC).

In addition, Shaw also faces several other counts in relation to multiple alleged fraud-related incidents between Dec. 1, 2016 and Apr. 17, 2017.

He was charged in July 2017 following a months-long RCMP investigation that was launched in March of that year.

Mounties say the investigation began after receiving a complaint that the suspect had represented himself as a lawyer and had taken money from his victims in exchange for reportedly preparing legal documents.

According to police, several more complaints then came in, with RCMP identifying a total of nine victims who reportedly dealt with the suspect in return for legal services.

Among those, a process server who was hired by the suspect to serve a civil claim, and one victim who grew suspicious and did not pay the suspect, who Mounties say operated under the fictitious name of SS & Associates LLP.

In June 2017, police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s residence and seized electronics and documents relevant to the investigation.

Shaw is scheduled for trial on those matters on Apr. 27.