B.C. judge warns of 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases

A judge warns that courts need to deal with non-Indigenous offenders trying to game the system, after a Prince Rupert, B.C., man asked for the special consideration Canada's highest court mandates for sentencing Indigenous offenders.

B.C. judge warns of 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases
Nathan Allen Joseph Legault

A judge warns that courts need to deal with non-Indigenous offenders trying to game the system, after a Prince Rupert, B.C., man asked for the special consideration Canada's highest court mandates for sentencing Indigenous offenders.