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An Abbotsford man has been handed five more years in jail for defrauding both Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the Cultus Lake Park Board (CLPB). Siamak Saidi, 55, was sentenced May 1 in Vancouver provincial court to a total of six years – five for the SFU crimes and one year for the CLPB offence – but was given one year credit for time already served. He previously pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud over $5,000 and one count of forgery over $5,000. Saidi was also ordered to pay restitution of $50,000 to SFU and about $10,500 to the park board. He was a chartered accountant with SFU in Burnaby from June 2010 until he was terminated in January 2012 due to restructuring. A new manager noticed some irregularities in Saidi’s record-keeping, according to court documents. An RCMP investigation revealed that Saidi had submitted and endorsed false invoices to SFU for supplies ordered from six companies for which he has been listed as a director. SFU had neither ordered nor received any of the supplies, and it was discovered that Saidi had used the $847,000 in misappropriated funds to Continued on A5
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85¢ Vancouver’s Jordan Palmer competed in the hatha yoga championships, held in Abbotsford Saturday and Sunday. The event was hosted by Bikram Yoga Abbotsford at the Sun Hang Do martial JOHN MORROW Abbotsford News arts studio.
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