Friday, 28 June 2024

Canadian woman gets three years’ jail in first ever sentencing for a ‘Pretendian’

Karima Manji, whose daughters accessed over C$150,000 in benefits for Inuit residents, pleaded guilty in February

A Canadian woman who fraudulently claimed her daughters were Inuit has been sentenced to three years in jail, in what is believed to be the first ever custodial sentence for a “Pretendian”.

Karima Manji, whose daughters accessed more than C$150,000 in benefits intended for Inuit residents, was sentenced on Thursday, after pleading guilty to fraud in February.

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