By Meral Jamal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter 11/07/2024 16:09 A man who notoriously forged social worker credentials and defrauded Indigenous Youth under his “care” in the Okanagan has been granted full parole. The Parole Board of Canada approved the next step in the conditional release of Robert Riley Saunders following the completion of his six-month day parole which was granted last October. According to Global News, he’s set to be fully paroled by mid-July. After being found guilty of misappropriating more than $460,000, Saunders was handed a five-year prison sentence in 2022. The Parole Board’s June 26 decision notes that in order to ensure no further harm, Saunders is not allowed to have direct or indirect contact with any child in the care of the Ministry of Children and Family…
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