The First Nations Leadership Council is “deeply outraged” after parole was granted to a man who deprived and stole money from vulnerable Indigenous youth who were in his care while he worked as a social worker.
Over a period of six and a half years, Robert Riley Saunders took approximately $461,000 intended for the youth in his care, said Crown counsel during the trial.
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