Durham Police yesterday said a female has been arrested after attempting to open a bank account with fraudulent documents in Clarington.
On Tuesday, March 19 at about 2:20 pm, members of East Division responded to a fraud in progress call at the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) located at 680 Longworth Avenue.
The suspect presented fraudulent documents to bank employees when attempting to open an account. Police located the suspect in the bank and took her into custody without incident, police said.
The suspect, age 32 from Hamilton, was charged and released on an undertaking. Name and further details available at www.drps.ca.
Anyone with information about this or similar incidents is asked to contact Det. Chapman of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5352.
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.