Daily Bread files police report alleging misuse of funds by Scarborough food bank

There are allegations of financial mismanagement at Feed Scarborough, allegations that operators of the food bank strongly deny. Beth Macdonell reports.

Toronto’s Daily Bread Food Bank has filed a police report alleging multiple financial discrepancies against one of its member agencies and has said it will stop funding and cut all ties with the organization.

In a statement, Daily Bread CEO Neil Hetherington said the organization was made aware of “serious allegations,” including the misuse of funds and concerning governance practices, involving Suman Roy, the founder and CEO of Feed Scarborough.

“Upon learning of these concerns, Daily Bread Food Bank acted promptly and responsibly and ceased funding to the Feed Scarborough, while continuing to make sure food got to the people of south Scarborough,” Hetherington said in the statement.

He said that Daily Bread retained external legal counsel to conduct a financial investigation and shared the findings of that investigation with the Toronto Police Service.

Toronto police confirmed to CTV News Toronto that their Financial Crimes Unit was investigating the allegations but provided no further comment.

Hetherington said Feed Scarborough has been advised that it will no longer be a member of the Daily Bread network as of Jan. 31. He assured those who use Feed Scarborough that Daily Bread has “activated robust contingency plans” to make sure food access in the city isn’t interrupted.

“We are providing funding and operational support to Soso World Ministries, which already operates multiple Daily Bread-supported food banks and community programs in Scarborough, and has the capacity to serve additional clients. We have also opened a new food bank location operated by Frontline Connections.”

Invoices containing alleged ‘irregularities’ submitted by Feed Scarborough to Daily Bread

Documents submitted to Toronto police from sources with knowledge of the investigation and reviewed by CTV News note that Feed Scarborough is one of Daily Bread’s largest member agency foodbanks and receives millions of dollars’ worth of food from the Toronto organization each year.

In addition to the food supplied, the documents said Feed Scarborough was given grants worth $620,000 between 2021-2023 to be used on operations and capacity projects.

It’s alleged that Daily Bread received multiple vendor invoices totalling over $18,000 from Feed Scarborough that the vendor has no record of, which led to the discovery of “irregularities” with those invoices.

Another alleged discrepancy was the purchasing of food from a construction company that was installing shelving at Feed Scarborough’s warehouse. Irregularities were noted with those invoices as well, the documents state.

It’s also claimed that Daily Bread received a $10,000 invoice from a vendor without a web presence, leading Daily Bread to hire an external company to conduct a background check. That background check reportedly found evidence that Roy was involved with the vendor in an ownership capacity.

It’s also alleged that Roy was reimbursed for over $110,000 in expense claims for items, including gift cards and rent, through cheques that Roy signed as payable to himself.

None of the allegations have been tested in court and Toronto police have not laid any criminal charges.

The documents state that Daily Bread first met with Feed Scarborough in June 2025 to discuss their findings. Feed Scarborough assured Daily Bread they would conduct their own investigation and share the results at the time, the documents state. However, it’s alleged Feed Scarborough walked back on that assurance in Oct. 2025.

‘Claims that remain unproven’: Feed Scarborough CEO

In a statement, Roy said he is aware of the allegations against him and that they are not reflected “in any capacity of the governance or management practices of at least the last two years.”

Roy said that upon learning of the allegations, Feed Scarborough also hired a third-party to investigate the claims “that remain unproven.”

“Feed Scarborough did deny Daily Bread from completing audit work, which really isn’t surprising given the nature of the accusation and as stated Feed Scarborough is a separate and distinct organization,” Roy said in the statement. “As they had become our accusers, sharing information without a formal investigation and mutual disclosure was unwise.”

He said that after learning about the Toronto police investigation, he “voluntarily” contacted investigators and is “more than happy to contribute fully and provide them with any information they may need.”

“I am confident in the outcome that no Daily Bread charitable funds were acquired for non-charitable purposes,” Roy continued in the statement. “I look forward to resolving this issue and putting any questions to rest once we are no longer contractually obligated to the (Daily Bread) and the (Feed Scarborough) board has time to review the results of the investigation.”