August 28, 2012 B.C. Criminal Court, Smithers – Susan Leuenberger, accountant, has been found guilty of theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000, and making false entry in an accounting journal by Hon. Justice Calvin Struyk.
Leuenberger’s charges stem from money she collected from Kyahwood Forest Products Ltd. on behalf of her Houston-based company Pleasant Valley Accounting Ltd. from 1999 to 2004.
Leuenberger claimed the money was owed to her by Kyahwood Forest Products Ltd
To collect the money Leuenberger wrote cheques out to herself, as she had signing authority for Kyahwood during her time there.
Sentencing is set for September 4, 2012 in Smithers Law Courts.
