UPDATED: Woman Faces Fraud Charges

A Lunenburg County woman facing charges of fraud totalling more than $80,000 will appear in court next month. Forty-seven-year-old Sandra Skinner was scheduled to appear in provincial court in Bridgewater today to enter a plea on five counts of fraud over $5,000. She was charged after police were called in by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness to investigate reimbursement claims for capital works projects at Harbour View Haven Nursing Home in Lunenburg. Police alleged that in each instance the work was either not completed, the goods not purchased or the goods purchased were not approved. The case is back in court on February 29th.