The case against a former Port Coquitlam city employee accused of stealing $175,000 in taxpayers’ funds was before a justice of the peace today (Wednesday).
Dean Lawrence McIntosh, 51, is charged with theft and fraud over $5,000 from the municipality in connection with a tools-for-cash scheme; his file will return to the PoCo courthouse on Feb. 14 to fix a date.
According to the indictment, McIntosh — who was not in court for his first appearance on Jan. 24 — is alleged to have bought tools and other small machines with a city-issued credit card and via the city’s purchasing system between April 1, 2014, and October 31, 2016.
It is also alleged he used a third-party broker to sell the gear.
A co-worker alerted city managers to the offences early last year, said PoCo’s chief administrative officer John Leeburn; the employee confessed, returned the money and later resigned as the facility maintenance co-ordinator, Leeburn said.
