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Ex-employee guilty of defrauding Chatham's United Way of $300K+

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Veronica Whittal , 49 , of Tilbury , entered a guilty plea in a Chatham court Friday .

Whittal allegedly created email addresses similar to vendors associated with the United Way and e-transferred false payments totalling $ 302,341.37 that were deposited to her own bank account.

Police got access to Whittal ’s bank records by judicial order and United Way confirmed her bank account, the Crown said.

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