Member of Vulcan, Alta., charity charged with fraud

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RCMP have charged the former executive director of a southern Alberta charity with fraud and other offences following an investigation that began last year.

Officials with the Rainbow Literacy and Learning Society reached out to police in September 2025 to report being the victim of fraud.

It was later determined that a member of the society allegedly used the organization’s credit card for personal use, racking up $15,000 in charges.

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Vulcan RCMP say Barbara Moore-Coffey, 58, is charged with fraud, forgery, criminal breach of trust, theft and other related offences.

Moore-Coffey is expected to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Lethbridge on Aug. 19.