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OAK BAYNEWS Friday, July 5, 2013
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Man who conned seniors gets jail
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week. Kevin Thomas Gordon of Victoria, 38, scammed seniors by going door-to-door and offering power-washing, painting or driveway resealing services. Among the victims was an 88-year-old Saanich man, whose credit and debit cards Gordon stole and charged upwards of $15,000 on the cards. He defrauded an 85-year-old Chief Mark Fisher woman in Saanich for about $900 for pressure-washing services that were never completed. He also scammed an Oak Bay resident out of $1,220 after the woman paid up front for driveway resealing, but he didn't return to do the work. “This is a file that our detective section took an active interest in from the start,” said Oak Bay Chief Mark Fisher. “In (the Oak Bay) instance the offender actually took the victim to the bank to get cash from her account before doing the work. This type of exploitation of the elderly is despicable. The investigators were pleased to see the offender receive a significant sentence in this instance.” A joint investigation in 2012 by the Oak Bay police, Saanich police and Central Saanich police determined Gordon was responsible for a series of similar frauds across Greater Victoria. He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft from incidents in Colwood; fraud over $5,000, using a stolen credit card and fraud under $5,000 from incidents in Saanich; and three charges of fraud under $5,000 from incidents in Oak Bay, Victoria and Saanichton. Nanaimo RCMP arrested Gordon on July 14, 2012, a few days after security guards allegedly caught him trying to defraud the Wal-Mart at Uptown, but Gordon escaped still wearing handcuffs. Last Thursday in Victoria provincial court, Gordon received an 18-month sentence, and was ordered to make restitution upon his eventual release, as a condition of the court-imposed probation. editor@oakbaynews.com
Don Denton/News staff
In the pink for Canada Day Six-year-old Natasha Knight blows bubbles while taking part in the many activities offered during Oak Bay’s Celebrate Canada Party held on the front lawn of the Oak Bay municipal hall on June 28.
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