A Truro town councillor is facing 37 charges in three different jurisdictions.

Retired Sgt. Gregory MacArthur, who is also councillor for Ward 3 in Truro, was charged June 23.

Twenty-eight of those charges are for Fraud in accordance with Section 380 (1)9b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

According to the National Canadian Forces Investigation Services, the alleged fraudulent activity, totalling $5700, was said to take place over a period of time between November 2013 and August 2014.

"I believe he was a serving member at that time but has since taken his release. He worked with construction engineering in Pictou, " said Captain Joanna Labonte, the public affairs officer for the Canadian Forces Military Police Group.

​MacArthur is scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on September 14, 2015, Truro Provincial Court on September 23, and Dartmouth Provincial Court on September 30.

​In addition to the 28 fraud charges, MacArthur also faces: