Durham police yesterday said a Markham man is facing 134 fraud-related charges after investigators seized fraudulent goods, credit cards, fake identification and forging equipment.
On May 25, the Financial Crimes Unit executed a search warrant at a residence in Markham resulting in the seizure of some $10,000 worth of fraudulently obtained goods, fraudulent credit cards, fraudulent identification, cellphones, devices intended to create fraudulent credit cards and a motor vehicle equipped with fraudulently obtained car parts. The suspect was arrested and faces 134 charges, said a police media release.
The investigation began in September 2019, when an unknown individual was using unauthorized credit cards to place online orders with various merchants and obtain the orders prior to the victim/card holder realizing their cards were compromised, the release said.
Ragulan ‘Ragu’ Uthayachandran, age 25, of Markham, was arrested and faces 134 fraud-related charges including: Fraud Over $5,000, Possession of Property obtained by Crime Over $5,000, Unauthorized Use of Credit Card Data (x6), Fraud Under $5,000, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000, Personation to Obtain Property (x6), Deal with Device for Forging or Falsifying of Credit Cards, Possess Credit Card (x34), Possess Identity Document of Another (x37), Possess Identity Information with Inference of a Fraudulent Offence (x43) and Possess Counterfeit Mark(x2).
He was later released by way of an undertaking.
Anyone with new information about this investigation is asked to contact D/Cst. Snow of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5358.