Andrea Giesbrecht, accused in dead infants case, faces more fraud charges

More fraud charges have been laid against Andrea Giesbrecht, the Winnipeg woman accused of concealing the remains of six infants in a U-Haul storage locker.

Court records obtained by CBC News show that Giesbrecht, 40, is accused of defrauding Employment and Income Assistance of more than $5,000 between Dec. 1, 2011, and May 1, 2012.

She has also been charged with fraud under $5,000 for allegedly defrauding Xtra Cash Ltd., a payday advance business, in the period between Dec. 12, 2012, and March 21, 2013.

Most recently, Giesbrecht breached a probation order, issued on Sept. 30, not to participate in gambling.

The order was issued after Giesbrecht pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 for "borrowing" $7,850 from a 73-year-old woman, then writing bad cheques and not repaying her.

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Court heard that Giesbrecht, also known as Andrea Naworynski, has struggled with a gambling addiction for at least 14 years.

Giesbrecht breached the probation order on Oct. 18, just two days before the remains of six infants were discovered in a U-Haul storage locker that she had been renting.

She was initially charged with homicide, but without knowing all details about the remains, authorities changed the charges to what she currently faces.

If the autopsies can show the babies were born alive, murder charges could be laid.