Former Pembina Hills school division Supt. Richard Harvey was scheduled to appear in Barrhead Provincial Court Tuesday, Jan. 8, to face fraud charges, but did not attend and has requested a disclosure file from the Crown and six weeks to review it.
Harvey, 61, is charged with fraud over $5,000 and breach of trust for allegedly submitting excessive expense claims to the school division between May 1, 2006 and Dec. 31, 2010.
Judge Bruce Garriock put the case over to Feb. 26 at 10 a.m., giving Harvey just over six weeks to review the large disclosure package.
“Six weeks may be a bit ambitious,” said Crown prosecutor Jeff Morrison, commenting on the size of the disclosure package.
Alberta Justice spokesperson Jason Maloney confirmed that Harvey, who currently resides in Newfoundland, was charged on Oct. 16, 2012
Harvey left his post with the division under mysterious circumstances on Oct. 25, 2010, two months earlier than his scheduled retirement date.
At the time Pembina Hills school division officials would only say he was no longer an employee.
