{"id":57360,"date":"2018-12-04T20:45:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T01:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=57360"},"modified":"2018-12-04T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T01:45:17","slug":"the-scoop-police-charge-choir-treasurer-with-fraud-after-50k-goes-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/12\/04\/the-scoop-police-charge-choir-treasurer-with-fraud-after-50k-goes-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Police Charge Choir Treasurer With Fraud After $50K Goes Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Canadian
Canadian Orpheus Male Choir has launched a Canadian Orpheus Male Choir Fund Relief\u00a0drive to help stay afloat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hamilton police have charged Mackenzie Jenkyns, (aka Mackenzie Kristjon) with fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000.<\/p>\n

Jenkyns is a volunteer treasurer for the Hamilton Ontario based Canadian Orpheus Male Choir, and a musician\u00a0working under the moniker \u201cThis Mad Desire\u201d. He also works as a Publishing Director with Coastline Publishing and is a former financial consultant for\u00a0the Investors Group.<\/p>\n

First reported by the CBC<\/a>, the amateur choir had hired Jenkyns to handle their financial accounts, only to find that payroll cheques for their music director and accompanist had bounced this\u00a0past September.<\/p>\n

According to the choir Registrar, John Nelson, Jenkyns ended up paying the fees personally, effectively delaying any further investigation by the choir administration.<\/p>\n

Then in early October, the choir\u2019s concert secretary tried to reach Jenkyns\u00a0to have him prepare a payment to book a hall for an upcoming concert.<\/p>\n

Jenkyns ignored the requests, prompting the Choir President, Rod Roberts, to step in and access\u00a0the bank accounts. Roberts was shocked to find approximately $50,000 in funds had gone missing.<\/p>\n

“He looked at the bank statements, and he saw [withdrawals for] $200 here, $250 there, $500 there,\u201d Nelson told the CBC in an interview.<\/p>\n

\"Mackenzie
Mackenzie Jenkyns (aka Mackenzie Kristjon) is alleged to have stolen over $50,000 from the Canadian Orpheus Male Choir bank accounts. (Mackenzie Jenkyns\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the\u00a0CBC, the choir administration immediately contacted Hamilton police to have Jenkyns charged. Jenkyns was held and later released on a promise to appear in court on December 18.<\/p>\n

First established in 1977, the choir has been active in raising over $800,000 for service groups, churches, and organizations like the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the Hamilton Spectator’s Summer Camp Fund.<\/p>\n

Despite the choir’s generosity, they ironically now find themselves in dire need.<\/p>\n

They have launched a GoFundMe account<\/a> requesting donations, with a goal of reaching $40,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith special support from singers, our music director, our accompanist, annual dues, concert revenue, gifts from other choirs, and fundraising events, the choir can stay afloat for a few months.\u00a0But to recover from this devastating loss, to ensure the long-term survival of this Hamilton institution, and to help the charities we support,\u00a0 we need your help,\u201d\u00a0reads a statement on the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe board is working tirelessly to put this right and prevent it from ever happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Orpheus Male Choir has launched an emergency fund\u00a0drive to help them stay afloat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14761,39],"tags":[24972,24974,24973],"yst_prominent_words":[24977,7140,24949,24947,24946,10136,24971,6984,17626,10474,24952,21605,24975,24976,18833,24951,6648,16887,24950,24948],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/Canadian-Orpheus-Male-Choir.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-eVa","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57360"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57368,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57360\/revisions\/57368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57360"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=57360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}