Melanie Pirie, 47, of Deer Island, was sentenced Friday to 12 months of probation for her role in a copper wire scheme which Cooke Aquaculture says cost it $3.2 million between 2012 and 2021.

Last suspect in $3 million copper wire scheme at Cooke Aquaculture sentenced to probation

by Local Journalism Initiative July 7, 2025

written by Local Journalism Initiative July 7, 2025

By Andrew Bates | Telegraph-Journal A woman who worked as an assistant to a former Kelly Cove Salmon manager who ran a copper wire laundering scheme for nine years in New Brunswick has been sentenced to probation for fraud. Melanie Pirie, 47, of Deer Island, was sentenced to a year's probation and 1...

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Last suspect in $3 million copper wire scheme at Cooke Aquaculture sentenced to probation

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