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Late last month, the First Nations National Guardians Network \u2013 or NGN \u2013 launched a civil lawsuit against one of its employees with the goal of recouping more than $6 million the organization said she had fraudulently diverted. NGN had been administering funds from the federal Department of Environment and Climate Change for Guardians programs across Canada. In a statement of claim filed by NGN, the organization said the alleged fraud left it without the money required to pay basic operating costs. 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Late last month, the First Nations National Guardians Network \u2013 or NGN \u2013 launched a civil lawsuit against one of its employees with the goal of recouping more than $6 million the organization said she had fraudulently diverted. NGN had been administering funds from the federal Department of Environment and Climate Change for Guardians programs across Canada. In a statement of claim filed by NGN, the organization said the alleged fraud left it without the money required to pay basic operating costs. 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