A local husband and wife have been accused of embezzling about $360,000 from a real estate company in North Vancouver.
In November 2009, the North Vancouver RCMP economic crime unit launched an investigation after it was contacted by the owners of the North Shore company, Unique Real Estate Accommodations.
The real estate firm discovered that hundreds of thousands of dollars had gone missing by the previous financial controller who was employed by the company from May 2007 to November 2009.
“Throughout the lengthy investigation, several search warrants and production orders were executed in order to lay criminal charges,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong.
On Dec. 17, Arthur Wong, 50, and his wife Jessie Wong, 44, who was also employed as an accounting assistant during the same period, were arrested without incident in Burnaby, according to a media release.
Both were released from custody after providing $50,000 bail. The file is still being investigated by the North Vancouver RCMP unit.
