Former OBAC accountant charged
OSHAWA, Ont. (Feb. 2, 2004) — HighwaySTAR magazine, Today’s Trucking sister publication for over-the-road truck drivers, has learned that former Owner-Operators’ Business Association of Canada accountant Tony Leckie has turned himself in to police.
Durham Regional Police have confirmed Tony Leckie — originally hired to manage financial affairs for OBAC after it was formed in 2002 — turned himself in to police on Jan. 15. He has been charged with fraud over $5,000, and is scheduled to appear in court on March 2 in Oshawa, Ont.
In 2002, OBAC filed a police report alleging the group was missing financial documents and funds. Neither OBAC nor the police were able to contact Leckie at the time.
OBAC has been plagued with a series of controversies since its creation at the Truck World show in Toronto in 2002. In April of last year, OBAC president and one of the group’s founding members Dave Marson resigned unexpectedly — citing mainly differences of opinion with other members over long-term strategies for the association.
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