By CHAT News Today

Former police commission member, facing fraud charges, also charged with assault

Nov 6, 2018 | 2:30 PM

MEDICINE HAT, AB — A former member of the Medicine Hat Police Commission facing fraud charges is also facing an assault charge in an unrelated investigation.

Rolf Traichel has been charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm, according to Medicine Hat provincial court. The date of the alleged offence was March 8, 2016, though the charge was filed on May 31, 2018.

Traichel served as a member of the police commission, including several years as chair, until 2017.

Earlier this year, Traichel was charged with fraud over $5,000, money laundering and possessing proceeds of crime. He is alleged to have defrauded the Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education out of more than $1 million between 2010 and 2016.

Traichel’s fraud charges appeared in provincial court on Tuesday, where they were adjourned to December 4.

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Traichel is next scheduled to appear in court on November 19 on the assault charge.