Durham Police is asking residents to help solve a crime that took place early December last year.
On December 2, 2019 an unknown male, believed to be a ‘courier’ met the victim at Tim Horton’s in Whitby. The meeting involved the sale of a limited edition Panerai watch from a Kijiji ad valued at $9500, police said.
At the time of the exchange the victim confirmed the payment had been wired into his account. The victim took a photograph of the suspect in possession of the watch to confirm the sale with the buyer believed to be in Montreal, said a media release.
Post exchange, the victim realized the funds that had been placed in his account were in fact a third-party cheque. The funds were placed on hold and subsequent withdrawal due to the cheque being fraudulent, it added.
The suspect identified himself as ‘Raffi’ and is potentially operating a black Nissan motor vehicle, police added.
He is described as possibly south east Asian, short brown hair, prescription glasses. In his 30’s.
Anyone with new information about this investigation is asked to contact D/Cst. Ceranowicz of theCentral West Criminal Investigations Bureau at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1832.