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CHATHAM — Police say they expect no charges to be laid following an investigation into a small Southwestern Ontario First Nation’s powwow that was flagged in an audit demanded by angry band members.

Last summer’s powwow in Leamington by the Caldwell First Nation priced out at just under $600,000, much of the spending on which wasn’t backed up, the forensic audit found.

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Tuesday, the OPP in Essex County said they investigated alleged financial crimes within the First Nation — two separate allegation were reported over the powwow organized by the band council.

Both the force’s Leamingington OPP major crime unit and its anti-rackets branch “have concluded their investigations and charges are not anticipated,” the OPP said in a news release.

One Caldwell band member, Theresa Lewis, said she’s shocked no charges have been laid.

The audit report raised a concern about 99 $50 bills that were missing from a powwow bank deposit.