Red Deer man who posed as lawyer sentenced to one year in fraud case

Aug 18, 2022 | 10:36 AM

A Red Deer man accused of defrauding several people out of thousands of dollars while posing as a lawyer was sentenced last month to one year in jail and ordered to pay $5,000 restitution.

Chance Aaron Shaw, 31, was convicted on one count of fraud under $5,000, while 13 other counts against him were withdrawn on July 18, 2022, including two in regards to a second incident. Eleven additional charges Shaw was facing in regards to a third incident were withdrawn on June 8, 2022.

Shaw was originally charged with 12 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 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.

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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.

Elsewhere, Shaw faced counts of fraud over $5,000 and breach of conditions stemming from an incident on Feb. 2, 2018 where he was accused of defrauding one person.

Shaw also faced 11 additional counts in relation to allegedly selling a motorcycle he didn’t own. The offences were said to have occurred between June 4 and July 21, 2019.

by Sheldon Spackman

Red Deer man who posed as lawyer sentenced to one year in fraud case

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