RCMP charge former Alberta charity official with fraud and theft

A former executive director of a southern Alberta charity has been charged with fraud and several other offences following an RCMP investigation into alleged financial misconduct.

According to Vulcan RCMP, the investigation began in September 2025 after officials with the Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society reported suspected fraud involving the organisation.

Police allege that a member of the society used the charity's credit card for personal expenses, accumulating about C$15,000 in charges.

Following the investigation, Barbara Moore-Coffey, 58, has been charged with fraud, forgery, criminal breach of trust, theft and other related offences.

Moore-Coffey is scheduled to appear before the Alberta Court of Justice in Lethbridge on 19 August.

The allegations have not been tested in court, and no findings of guilt have been made.

The Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society contacted police after identifying the suspected financial irregularities.

RCMP have not released further details about the alleged offences or said over what period the alleged misuse of the charity's funds took place.