Medicine Hat News
A former Medicine Hat Police Commission chair accused of defrauding the local Catholic school board has had his case adjourned to the new year.
Rolf Traichel will appear next in Medicine Hat Provincial Court on Feb. 7.
His lawyer has to review 2,700 pages of disclosure from the Crown.
Traichel was arrested Aug. 8 following a six-month investigation into offences that allegedly occurred between 2010 and 2016, when he was employed by the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education as an IT consultant.
He sat on the police commission from 2012-2017, although police said he’s not suspected of wrongdoing against the commission.
The MHCBE co-operated fully with the investigation, police said at the time of his arrest.
He faces charges of fraud over $5,000,possessing proceeds of crime and money laundering.
Traichel also faced a charge of assault causing bodily harm, to which he pled guilty Nov. 19, receiving one year probation.
That charge was laid May 31, although it occurred March 8, 2016.
