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Golf course manager charged with theft

Over $50,000 stolen over two years
Arrest handcuffs 2 2016
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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TOWNSHIP OF CENTRE WELLINGTON - On Oct. 30, 2017 Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a report of a theft at a business on Wellington Road 22, south of Fergus.

It was reported by owners that an employee at the Wildwinds Golf Links had been stealing money from the business over the past two years by adjusting the books and stealing funds.

A forensic audit was performed and the Wellington County Major Crime Unit has charged Kirk Harkins of Elora with two counts of Theft over $5,000 and two counts of Falsification of Books for a Fraudulent Intent. He is scheduled to appear in Guelph Court on Nov. 13, 2018.

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