The long and complicated fraud case against former RM of Meota administrator Maryann Germann has ended with Germann pleading guilty to a lesser offence.
Germann had initially faced charges of fraud under 380(1) of the Criminal Code. Instead, she has pled guilty to the lesser offence of breach of trust in the case.
As for sentencing, Germann received an 18 month conditional sentence order.
The case had been a long and complicated one for counsel to untangle, with case management meetings and ongoing discussions and disclosure going on since the fall of 2015. A resolution was finally reached in the case this past month with sentencing taking place in North Battleford provincial court.
According to defence lawyer Rob Feist, there was no admission by Germann that any money was improperly taken.
However, there was an overall culture in the municipality of a lack of financial controls, and Germann was “unfortunately caught up in that,” said Feist.
