On March 11, 2024 Lloydminster RCMP received a report of a Fraud involving a stolen fuel card from a business in Lloydminster.
Lloydminster RCMP General Investigation Section initiated an investigation and determined that an individual used the fuel card to steal $57,969.55 worth of diesel fuel throughout the province of Alberta. The male then sold the fuel at a discounted price.
As a result of the investigation, Kenton John Wotherspoon, resident of Success, Saskatchewan was charged with the following:
Theft Under $5000 x8
Theft Over $5000 x2
Unlawful Use of a Credit Card x10
Trafficking Stolen Property x3
Theft of Fuel Card contrary
Wotherspoon was held for a Judicial Interim Release Hearing and was released. He is to appear next, at the Lloydminster Provincial Court in Alberta on November 5, 2024.
