There was another torsion in the bizarre case of A detainee from Alberta is wrongly released from prison last month.
Global News was sent documents and screenshots by email seeming to show how an alleged letter of residence of the procedure led the legal system to let the woman escape, who has since shared her life on the race on social networks.
Mackenzie Dawn Hardy, 24, was in detention at the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Center (FSCC), after being stopped twice in red deer in the space of a week for similar similar offenses in March involving stolen vehicles, theft, possession of methamphetamine and conduct without appropriate documentation. Hardy said Global News said she was innocent / not guilty of these accusations.
A fraudulent “residence letter” would have been submitted under the name of a crown prosecutor and sent by a false “defense lawyer”, according to a global denunciator of short stories, he agreed not to identify because of the risk that they lose their job.
Alberta Crown’s prosecution service also said that Global News Hardy had been released after the correctional center was presented with fraudulent documents.
Documents sent to Global News this week understand what seems to be this letter, as well as legal documents related to accusations and what resembles interactions with people working in the Alberta judicial system.
The emails are dated April 25 – Hardy day was released from prison northeast of Edmonton.
They seem to show conversations with a person pretending to be a crown prosecutor and employees of the Alberta Ministry of Justice.
Correspondence uses the identity of a real crown prosecutor (whose global name News does not disclose), but the email address is a false and modified to resemble the standard e-mail addresses used by lawyers in the province.
Global News did not check the identity of the anonymous person who provided the documents, but we can say that the metadata in these documents lead our team to believe that they are those used to free Hardy.
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The person who sent the documents used an email email address, which is used by some people to remain anonymous and not found.
“What happened was not a program drawn up in the game (of Hardy). It was myself acting alone. And I did it to expose how dangerously unprotected,” said the e-mail in their memo to Global News and Alberta Justice on Monday evening, alleging that they have done discreet research on the court and correction processes of Alberta.
“It was not a hacking. It was not an initiate access. It was a stress test using only public resources, basic social engineering and an overly confident system on its own documents.”
Their claims have not been proven and they would not disclose their identity at the world news.
After reading the letter would have used to facilitate his release, a lawyer for the criminal defense of Alberta who does not represent Hardy said that it looked legitimate.
“This is a fairly professional and credible letter of aspect,” said Ari Goldkind. “He is a fairly good dupe and the one who relied on him, I don’t think it should be defective.
“I think the fault lies with the person who committed fraud – not the person who fell in love.”
The alleged fraudster said that they did not know Hardy, had never spoken to him and chose him as a test subject because his information on the courts was easily available.
Global News interviewed Hardy on Saturday After having surfaced online, publishing videos to Tiktok under the handle Kensies.on.the.lamb.
THE First message on account contained the first story of Global News on his release. Tuesday afternoon, he had more than 150,000 views.
In some videos, She seems to taunt the police and the judicial system. Goldkind thinks it could come back to bite her.
“In particular, the one who calls the police and the” police pigs “. The mockery of those responsible for the prison who released her, I think, will be a big problem for her when she is caught up, wherever she is captured – whether in Alberta or Canada. »»
“I think this kind says a lot and we will simply see how seriously one judge takes it when she is taken.”
Hardy did not tell Global News where she was, only declaring that she was no longer in Alberta and had nothing to do with her own release. There is a mandate for the arrest of Hardy in Alberta, but the RCMP said that it could be extended if it was found in another province.
“The most important thing she can do to try to reverse and clean up is to go,” said Goldkind.
“The courts seem very differently on a person who turns into opposition to two officers who had to get on a plane with a mandate on a Canada scale and bring him back because they stopped hiding.
“Make a very, very big difference in our system.”
Hardy said that in prison, she was continuing her surety because her boyfriend had received a diagnosis of a tumor in the aggressive brain and he has about a year. Global News did not verify this assertion.
Hardy told Global News that she had heard of her lawyer after a week of liberation, saying that she was not supposed to be absent.
Speaking with Global News on the weekend, Hardy said that she did not currently have a lawyer, and she did not think about the legal consequences that her boyfriend could face if he helps Hardy to continue to be on the run.
Goldkind said that fraud of this scale does not often occur and when the alleged attacker is found, his punishment must be dissuasive.
“I think attention must really find the person who wrote the fraudulent letter, pursuing them to the extent that law and using them as an example.”
Last week, when Global News announced history, the province’s Ministry of Public Security said it was investigating what had happened.
On Tuesday, the ministry said that it had made changes following this investigation, but did not reveal these changes for security reasons.
Global News contacted the RCMP for an update on the fate of Mackenzie Hardy, but as regards the edition had not been heard.
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