Warrants have been issued for a 44-year-old male who defrauded four local banks using the same fake coin scam, said Durham Police.
Terrelle Talbot of address unknown, is wanted in Durham Region for Fraud Under $5,000 and Utter Metal Resembling Coin in connection with four separate incidents last year, police said.
On Friday, December 20, 2019, the accused went to TD Bank in Ajax and exchanged 20 paper rolls of $2 coins for cash. A short time later, metal washers were located inside the rolls, with $2 coins facing out at each end. Similar scams were run at a BMO bank in Whitby on June 29, 2019; a TD bank in Oshawa on May 13, 2019; and at a different TD branch in Oshawa on March 22, 2019, said a media release.
The accused is currently wanted on 22 outstanding arrest warrants throughout Canada (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS) with the most recent incident occurring in Toronto on January 17, 2020.
Investigators encourage the accused to contact a lawyer and turn himself in.
Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact the Durham Regional Police Service and speak to D/Cst. Burns at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2676.