Montreal-area woman charged in bank-fraud scheme
August 19, 2009
Total Loss:
$175,000
A 29-year-old Montreal-area woman faces 20 fraud-related charges in connection with a series of frauds committed at Ottawa-area banks last year. Between mid-December 2007 and late February 2008, a series of frauds were committed at several Ottawa area banks, where the suspect used aliases to open accounts and secure loans, police said. Police allege the suspect also wrote fraudulent cheques and stole the identities of three victims. The banks lost more than $175,000 in these frauds, police said.
Source:
Ottawa Citizen
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New Account Fraud