Nunatsiaq News

Nunatsiaq News: "MONTREAL — Pangnirtung's Chamber of Commerce should finally see its missing cash returned when Paul Langdon pays back $5360.70 that he took from the organization back in December of 1996.

On September 2, Langdon, a former GNWT economic development officer in Pangnirtung, pleaded guilty at a court appearance in Kentville, Nova Scotia to a charge of theft over $5000. A charge of fraud in connection with the same incident was dropped.

Langdon received a conditional discharge, which means the theft will not appear on his criminal record.

He agreed to pay back the money by October 3. The $500 that Langdon put up as a bail deposit will be returned to the chamber of commerce and deducted from the total amount that went missing.

His defense lawyer explained that Langdon 'borrowed' the money to pay for two return tickets for him and his wife for a flight between Pangnirtung and Nova Scotia.

He used a cheque from an account in the name of the Pangnirtung Chamber of Commerce that had been given to him for safekeeping.

Langdon, who was fired from his position when the theft was uncovered, was finally returned to Nova Scotia between an agreement between the NWT and Nova Scotia."