A former employee of the Millbrook First Nation, Dawn Marie Ellis-Abbott, has been sentenced to 4½ years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution of $4.38 million for embezzling over $4 million while serving as senior finance clerk from 2016 to 2019. In addition to her prison term, she faces a 25-year employment prohibition related to financial authority and has a DNA order issued against her. The RCMP initiated an investigation in December 2019 after reports of her fraudulent activities, which initially estimated her theft at $1 million. The Millbrook First Nation expressed disappointment with the sentence, feeling it does not adequately address the impact of her actions on the community.
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