InQuinte.ca | Prince Edward County woman admits to defrauding businesses out of more than $600K

InQuinte.ca | Prince Edward County woman admits to defrauding businesses out of more than $600K

A Prince Edward County woman has pleaded guilty for her role in defrauding a pair of businesses out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.   Jennifer Simao, 46 of Bloomfield pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud over $5,000 before Justice Robert Horton at the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse on Thursday.   Charges were laid against Simao in 2023, after Belleville police were contacted by her employer, Impacto Protective Products, about a series of f…

Guilty pleas in major fraud case

A Prince Edward County resident has pleaded guilty to multiple frauds as a former employee of two businesses, one based in Belleville and the other in Prince Edward County. In total, the amount stolen was between $678,000 and $712,000. Jennifer Simao, 44 at the time of her arrest by Belleville police in 2023, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of fraud over $5,000 and another of theft over $5,000. Simao made numerous fraudulent credit card tra…