The former executive director of a homeless shelter is facing a number of charges after allegedly fraudulently misdirecting about $400,000 from two employers.
After an investigation into "fraudulent acts" that happened between December 2021 and February 2022, Robin Maj was arrested and charged on Tuesday, Dec. 6, said Timmins Police in a news release today. The investigations involved Living Space and a Timmins bank.
Maj was the director of operations at Living Space starting in December 2020. When the executive director position opened up in December 2021, she was named to the top position in early March 2022 and the "relationship ended shortly thereafter," said Living Space chair Brian Marks at the time.
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Timmins Police say the "comprehensive investigation" was triggered when they received a report "outlining financial improprieties". The investigation included a review of the financial records. Police allege the records "indicate that money was taken from the organization's accounts but not used for organizational expenditures as intended."
"Several documents were generated from the review and were turned over to the Timmins Police for the purpose of assisting the investigation into the misappropriated funds," reads the news release.
"In this instance, funds in the $20,000 range were fraudulently misdirected."
Maj, 51, has been charged with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of money under direction over $5,000. None of the allegations have been tested in court.
While the investigation into the events at Living Space was happening, police received a report of similar "fraudulent workplace activities" allegedly committed when she was a senior official at a Timmins bank.
A separate investigation took place and police allege over $380,000 were "fraudulently misdirected to personal accounts over a number of months."
The additional charges from the second investigation are fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 and criminal breach of trust.
Maj was released from custody and is slated to appear in court on Jan. 25.
