Podcasts News CBC Newfoundland Morning Gift or a loan? A 93-year-old man in Deer Lake says he just wanted to help his neighbour out, when he loaned him $100,000. But his neighbour - a now-FORMER RCMP officer - says it was no loan ... it was a gift. We have that story from CBC Investigates

Gift or a loan? A 93-year-old man in Deer Lake says he just wanted to help his neighbour out, when he loaned him $100,000. But his neighbour - a now-FORMER RCMP officer - says it was no loan ... it was a gift. We have that story from CBC Investigates

Published: May 12, 2023, 2:40 a.m.

An elderly man in Deer Lake says he wants his money back. 93-year-old Charles Samms gave his neighbour $100,000 in 2020. Samms says it was a loan, but Jason Lush says it was a gift. Lush was an RCMP officer at the time. The CBC's Ariana Kelland went to Deer Lake for the story.