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Manji filed out forms claiming her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya Gill (pictured), were Inuit children so they could receive benefits from the Nunavut land claim
Posted on 06/30/2024 2:41:24 PM PDT by dennisw
A Canadian woman was sentenced to prison for falsely claiming her daughters were Inuit to get scholarships and business grants.
Karima Manji was given three years behind bars on Thursday after pleading guilty in February to one count of fraud over $5,000, reported The Canadian Press.
The woman fraudulently filed out forms claiming her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya Gill, were Inuit children so they could receive benefits from the Nunavut land claim through Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Manji's sentence is the first of its kind in Canada for a 'Pretendian' - a person who has falsely claimed Indigenous identity.
'This is an egregious example of the exploitation of Indigenous Peoples,' said the judge who sentenced Manji, Nunavut Justice Mia Manocchio.
'Ms. Manji's case must serve as a signal to any future Indigenous pretender that the false appropriation of Indigenous identity in a criminal context will draw a significant penalty.'
Manji claimed her children were the biological daughters of Inuit woman Kitty Noah, and that she had adopted them.
Once the Gill twins were enrolled in the benefits program, the sisters received more than $158,000 total from two organizations, according to court records.
'Justice Manocchio set a precedent with her ruling today, making it clear to potential fraudsters that Indigenous identity theft will not be tolerated,' NTI president Aluki Kotierk said in a statement.
The sisters won scholarships and grants for their online business that sold COVID face masks, and regularly advertised the brand as Inuit-owned.
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Manji filed out forms claiming her twin daughters, Amira and Nadya Gill (pictured), were Inuit children so they could receive benefits from the Nunavut land claim
This woman seems to be from India. Thus, she and her daughters were able to fake being Eskimos aka Inuit. The look Eskimo enough to me.
Hey they just came from Asia a little later than the others! I guess like in comedy timing is everything.
She should have consulted with Kamala Harris on how to use her Indian ethnicity to get the freebies.
They should have consulted with Elizabeth Warren about how to validate claims like that.
A person from India committing mass fraud upon a foreign population?
Never heard of it.
Good. Now do men pretending to be women.
She should have come to America to do it, here pretendarians, Especially Whites that claim to be Black get rewarded, he’ll a White woman claiming to be Native American could even be rewarded with a Senate seat!
Surprised as they bear a strong resemblance to Pocahontas Warren.
They look nothing like Inuit, many of whom look like primitive Japanese.
My husband, who is a Seneca Indian, refers to such a fraud as “Chief Talking Bull”.
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