Walls And Millard Plead Guilty

Thursday, January 11, 2007 01:16 PM

Two Prince George men charged with defrauding the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, have pleaded guilty to fraud over the sum of $5,000 dollars.

Doug Walls (shown at left) and Mike Millard pleaded guilty to the charge before Justice Patrick Dohm In Vancouver Supreme court this morning .

Their trial was scheduled to begin next week in Prince George.

The details on when and where the two men will be sentenced have not been released.

The charged came as a result of the failure of Fred Walls and Son’s, an auto dealership operating in the city.

The company collapsed in 1998 and the investigation began shortly after.

Walls was an executive with the Liberal Party and is related by marriage to Premier Gordon Campbell. Shortly after the failure, Walls resurfaced , with a contract, with the provincial government , he along with the Minister of Childrens and families, Gordon Hogg, lost their positions in the matter.

Premier Gordon Campbell was asked to comment on the guilty plea and said "Obviously its a tough thing for his family, I think it has been an awful time for all of them, I’m sure. Whatever he pleaded that is between him, his lawyer and the Courts. So from my perspective that is behind us, we are moving ahead. We’re working hard to make sure the children in British Columbia get the protection they need and that families get the support they need and we will continue to do that."

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Posted on Thursday, January 11, 2007 01:16 PM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Longnecks1 on January 11 2007 3:14 PM

Pleaded guilty in Vancouver so some PG citizens couldn't voice there opinion of the bum....Maybe he thinks Gordo can help him more down there

Posted by: Big_B on January 11 2007 5:14 PM

Just like Judge Ramsey, a guilty plea means we'll never hear the truth. Too bad, because it would have been interesting hearing Doug Walls stories about our beloved Minister of Education.

Now, some mamby pamby judge will give these two a slap on the wrist because they've probably sufferred enough the last 8 years.

White collar crime. The most lucrative crime going. These two have nothing on the Hells Angels.

Like Robert Pickton, Walls and Millard are the scapegoats for something much larger.

Posted by: Palopu on January 11 2007 9:41 PM

Lets wait and see what the sentencing is before we pass judgement. Who knows it could be severe.

Posted by: Free Enterprise on January 11 2007 10:52 PM

$5000? I don't know the details but $5000 is not worth discussing.

Posted by: Big_B on January 12 2007 8:37 AM

$5000 was just the amount. Walls said that either the CIBC or the Spruce CRedit Union could be out $1 Million. Now that is worth discussing.

I always felt sorry for those many employees at FRed Walls who put everything they had into their work, only to see it all go for naught due to the ineptness of Doug Walls.

Posted by: Marty on January 12 2007 9:42 AM

It clearly says a sum OVER $5,000.

Posted by: lmorg on January 12 2007 10:31 AM

It wasn't ineptness on Doug Walls part.....ineptness implies a non ability to control what was happening in the business. They knew exactly what they were doing and it took a lot of skilled paper juggleing to achieve it.
Walls and Millard are not the scapegoats for this...that implies they are taking the blame for someone else. They were at the top of the food chain while this was occurring, they are responsible. And it went on a lot longer during the time period as set out in the charges, so it is a godsend that the charges are able to be made out.

Posted by: Marty on January 12 2007 12:13 PM

They are as innocent of fraud on a huge scale....as picton is for not murdering hookers in vancouver.

Ya they are guilty...and a little cheque kiting is the tip of the iceburg.

Those two ripped of many many people for large amounts of cash....if they had just stolen a mere 5K who cares.
But its millions they got away with....and they hurt a lot of innocent people in doing so.

Posted by: metalman on January 13 2007 10:04 AM

Finally. Now maybe these two will crawl back under a rock somewhere. They are a disgrace to their families. White collar schmite collar, they are thieves and tricksters, no better, maybe worse, than common criminals. I have to take back what I said previously, about how these guys should 'fess up, although it took about eight years, at least they finally admitted guilt.
Is it because their political cronies can't help them anymore?
metalman.