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Government consultant gets 12-month conditional sentence for fraud

1 source1 article First seen 10 hours ago Updated 10 hours ago Canada Truth score 38

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Andrew McDermott pleaded guilty to fraudulently over-billing the government, the RCMP said.

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Ottawacitizen Center Factuality: Mostly factual CA 10 hours ago
Government consultant gets 12-month conditional sentence for fraud
Andrew McDermott pleaded guilty to fraudulently over-billing the government, the RCMP said.

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38/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 65/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Propaganda risk: 0/100

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Average reliability: 65/100 (Mostly factual)
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