Molson Canada has accused former managers of embezzling millions of dollars in an intricate fraud scheme allegedly involving fake vendors, shell companies, the president of a major pub chain and a pair of married couples.

In documents filed Wednesday in Ontario Superior Court, the brewing giant claimed that former Molson Canada sales director Frank Ivankovic oversaw “a complex scheme to defraud the company of many millions of dollars” that later involved two subordinates.

Ivankovic “deceitfully exploited his authority within the company” to approve fraudulent invoices from a pair of shell companies that in turn funnelled secret payments back to him and his wife Kelly O’Brien-Ivankovic, according to the lawsuit, first reported by the Globe and Mail.

The invoices — some labelled as being

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