I too find the math sketchy, I want to see a forensic audit of the money trail before any judgements are made.
I read the audit report that was linked from the CBC, it was a comprehensive audit that was presented, not forensic.

I want to know if a hammer that went to the reserve cost $20 or $250 each. What contractors were hired. What were they paid. How many times was the same bridge built.

All this loosey goosey accounting on the part of the band as well as the government dept responsible for keeping tabs on the spending does not make sense.

I as a Canadian want to know exactly were all the money went.

If the band spent it all, wtf, cut them off, they have spent their inheritance, throw those that stole the money in jail.
Make an example of them.

Whichever way it went down, we the people should demand and expect a forensic audit of the money trail.

Cuz, something smells rotten in the Dominion of Canada.