Former employee accused of embezzling millions from building product supplier in Winnipeg
Posted October 15, 2025 4:56 pm.
Last Updated October 15, 2025 6:00 pm.
A former sales employee of a local building product supplier was arrested in Oct. 2024, for embezzling millions through a manipulated rebate program. The supplier alerted authorities after noticing irregularities in the system, leading to an investigation.
The former employer now faces charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Police say between April 2016 and April 2024, an employee registered four fictitious home building companies, including fictitious employees. During this time, using forged cheques, the employee submitted approximately 5,500 fraudulent rebate applications through the supplier’s rebate program and collected almost $4,200,000 in rebates.
The man allegedly continued to submit rebate applications after being let go by his employer for unrelated reasons in June of 2023. The supplier subsequently discovered the fictitious accounts/claims and notified police.
On Oct. 8, 50-year-old former salesman turned himself to investigators.
He faces charges of Fraud Over $5,000, Forgery, and Use of a Forged Document. He was released on an Undertaking to appear in court at a later date.
