Government worker pleads guilty to stealing from ill, homeless
TORONTO — Preadorshani Biazar was a relatively low-earning provincial bureaucrat with an unemployed husband when she was arrested in 2007 — yet she was able to travel the world, own three Toronto-area homes and drive an expensive luxury SUV.
On Tuesday, the woman’s secret source of wealth was unearthed in a Toronto courtroom, as Biazar pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1.23 million from mentally ill, homeless and even dead people whose interests she was supposed to be protecting.
They include the tale of one homeless, mentally ill man who had lived on the streets for decades when Biazar took over his case in 2007. Because the man’s government benefits went untouched, he had accrued nearly $116,000 in an account.
She drove a BMW X5, owned a $30,000 power boat and travelled to Europe, Las Vegas, Dubai and Halifax. The family took multiple ski vacations to Mont Tremblant and Collingwood and ationed at summer resorts.
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Ron Payne
Welfare Legal
Hamilton, Ontario
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
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