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By John Bermingham

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A famed one-legged runner and former companion of the Order of Canada is facing charges of credit card fraud.

Delta police spokesman Const. Cal Traversy said Steve Fonyo was charged after a man bought fuel worth $600 with the fake plastic gas card on three occasions over the course of the day on Thursday.

Fonyo, 45, was to appear in Surrey Provincial Court Friday. He was arrested by police without incident at his Surrey home, police say.

In 1984, Fonyo raised $13 million for cancer research by completing the 8,000-kilometre “Journey for Lives” begun by Terry Fox. Fonyo was just 19 at the time.

But then problems with the law, drug addiction and time behind bars.

Fonyo is due to be married Aug. 28 on a Victoria beach named after him, but financial backers have since withdrawn

support for the event.

Fiancee Lisa Greenwood was recently sentenced to two months in jail after her conviction for assault and theft.

According to media reports earlier this week, the wedding is still going ahead.

last December.

Vancouver Province