Andrea Giesbrecht pleads guilty to more fraud charges in Winnipeg - Action News
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Andrea Giesbrecht pleads guilty to more fraud charges in Winnipeg

Andrea Giesbrecht, the Winnipeg woman accused of concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker, pleaded guilty Monday to unrelated charges.

Giesbrecht also charged with concealing bodies of 6 infants

Andrea Giesbrecht was accused of defrauding Employment and Income Assistance of more than $5,000 between Dec. 1, 2011, and May 1, 2012. (CBC)

Andrea Giesbrecht, the Winnipeg woman accused of concealing the remains of six infants in a storage locker,pleaded guilty Monday tounrelated charges.

She was accused of defrauding Employment and Income Assistance of more than $5,000 between Dec. 1, 2011, and May 1, 2012.

Her sentencinghas been put over untilFeb. 9.

Giesbrecht, also known asAndreaNaworynski,haspreviously pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 for borrowing$7,850 from an elderly woman, then writing bad cheques and not repaying her.

Court heard at that time, that shestruggled with a gambling addiction for at least 14 years.

Giesbrecht faces six counts of concealing bodies of infants after the remains were found on Oct. 20, 2014, inside a U-Haul storage locker that she had been renting. She will go to trial on those charges in April 2016.