Elaine White: Political Asylum

United Nations Dept: Cullen Johnson and Elaine White, who have been on the run since pleading not guilty to fraud charges in Newmarket, Ont., in 2009, told a magistrate in the resort community of Providenciales that they have contacted the United Nations, according to Vancouver Sun. Johnson, a former Toronto police officer, and White, a former forensic accountant, are alleged to have defrauded a number of people through their former private detective agency, Internal Affairs and oTTAWA Two accused Canadian fraudsters who are believed to have targeted political figures are seeking political asylum in the Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands, alleging that the Canadian government plans to kill them. They basically said in open court that they were making a petition to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for political asylum in the Turks and Caicos because they believe the government will murder them when they return to Canada, said Neil Smith, a spokesman for the governor of the British Overseas Territory. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.