A 25-year-old male is in custody after committing a number of frauds.
On March 5th, Durham Police investigators from West Criminal Investigative Branch said they successfully concluded a multijurisdictional fraud investigation. On January 8 and January 11, the suspect attended Peoples Jewellers located at 1355 Kingston Road, Pickering. The suspect provided fraudulent identification, using different names on each occasion. He was then able to obtain a store line of credit on both occasions, and purchase over $20,000 of jewelry.
The suspect was identified after he committed similar offences throughout the Greater Toronto Area.
On March 15, the suspect was arrested without incident.
The 25-year-old male from Markham was charged and held for a bail hearing. Name and further details available at www.drps.ca.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Obront of the Central West Division Criminal Investigations Branch at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1832.
Editor’s Note: Durham Post does not name or identify the accused as:
1. Of this time, they are suspect[s] and not convicted by a court, and
2. Sometimes charges are amended or dropped.
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