Fraudster helped pave path to homelessness and criminality for victim: BCSC says [Video]

The misdeeds of a Kelowna fraudster helped pave a path to criminality for one of his many victims, a B.C. Supreme Court judge says.

Former Ministry of Children and Family Services worker Robert Riley Saunders’s crimes were discussed in a Kelowna courtroom again last week, as a man he was once supposed to support was sentenced for a laundry list of crimes by BC Supreme Court Justice Bruce Elwood.

The 30 year old man was sentenced by Elwood to five years in prison for seven charges, including a variety of firearms and drug offences.

Elwood said the man’s criminal journey has roots in his childhood, highlighting that he was put into foster care when he was three years old. Since that time, he lived in dozens of homes, many of which saw abuse was a constant theme.

When the man aged out, Elwood said his supervision fell to “an infamous …