Getting Off Easy The Fifth Estate : Season 36 Episode 21
CBC Television 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: March 18th, 2011 @ 9:00 PM EST on CBC Television
This report focuses on two white collar criminals, both in positions of trust, who embezzled funds, and the adequacy of the sentences they received. David Reiner was a bookkeeper who stole $755,000 from 21 daycare centers in the Toronto area. He fled the country in 2006 - leaving behind a wife and children - and a warrant for his arrest was issued the following year. The Fifth Estate had actually tracked him down in 2008 when he was living in Uganda. Out of money he returned to Canada and was arrested on arrival. He was sentenced to 2 years in prison and spent only 13...