This started in January 2021 with Walker registering a company. There was $100,000 in the account for that company. Prior to June 2022 she had set up false identities, including birth certificates and false passports, for herself and her son using the names of her friend and the friend's son. In June, she began transferring money to bank accounts under her false identity.
"Walker is currently detained as a flight risk in the U.S., pending further legal proceedings.
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The U.S. criminal complaint says Canadian officials originally believed Walker and Jansen were deceased after being swept away by the current in the river near Chief Whitecap Park in Saskatoon.
However, on Friday they found records from financial institutions that Walker used, the document states. One of the institutions found a business account for “Wapan Consulting” that listed Walker as the only authorized card holder.
Wapan Consulting was entered into the Saskatchewan Corporate Registry on Jan. 13, 2021 and is registered to a home in Saskatoon’s North Park neighbourhood. The latest public information has that home in Dawn Walker’s name. One website says the home has been for sale for roughly 80 days.
Investigators saw two large cheques written from Walker’s business account: $25,000 on June 2 and $52,000 on June 5, both paid to someone the document only refers to as “Adult Victim.” They’re signed with what appeared to be the name Walker, according to the document.
Canadian police met with “Adult Victim” to discuss the cheques later that day. The conversation revealed Walker is friends and works with her, and their children also played together. The woman said she had no knowledge of the cheques, the U.S. complaint states.
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It says charges to the bank account for Airbnb rentals, food, gas, hotels and Netflix started on July 25. The locations start in Butte, Montana. Saskatoon police said Monday that Walker crossed the border in southern Alberta.
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Looking through a large plastic binder found in the car, he recovered a genuine Saskatchewan birth certificate in the name of “Adult Victim,” a genuine Saskatchewan birth certificate in the name of the woman’s child, and a genuine Canadian passport in the name of the child but with a photo of Walker’s son, according to the document.
"In the U.S. criminal justice system, a person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt."
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