Two Calgary men charged after more than $66K stolen from local non-profit
Posted Jun 25, 2025 2:07 pm.
Last Updated Jun 25, 2025 7:15 pm.
Two Calgary men are facing charges after allegedly stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a local non-profit organization.
Calgary police say they began investigating in April 2024 after board members of the Bowness Ratepayers Scout and Guide Hall Association reported missing funds.
It is alleged two men approached the directors of the association in 2022 with a promise to rebrand the venue in Bowness and turn it into a community hall to gather and hold events.
The directors agreed and the two men were tasked with managing daily operations, with one appointing himself as general manager without consent from the board, according to police.
The two men rebranded the hall as BowCommons and began hosting events under the name Discover Bowness.
In April 2024, board members started to become concerned with a lack of maintenance at the venue and the finances, eventually discovering missing funds before contacting police.
Following an investigation, Calgary police say the two men took more than $66,000 between 2022 and 2024.
The pair allegedly embezzled the money by hosting events using the organization’s funds without paying fees, falsified documents to obtain financial control, and created fake receipts for services that were never rendered and deposited into their personal bank accounts.
Police arrested two men on Tuesday and charged them in connection with the embezzled funds. Calgary residents Nathan Michael Mizera, 41, and Joshua Tyler Bredo, 40, are each facing one count of fraud over $5,000.
The pair will appear in a Calgary courtroom in August.
Anyone with additional information is being urged to call police at 403-266-1234, or submit tips anonymously to CrimeStoppers.
