A Calgary man has been charged in a fraud scheme concentrating on native auto suppliers that racked up $60,000 in unpaid invoices.
Between January and August, Calgary police imagine the suspect contacted seven automotive provide companies and positioned orders for tires, welding gear, tire changers and wheel balancers whereas posing as an worker of a consumer enterprise. The suspect racked up roughly $60,000 in invoices, police stated, and fraudulently rented autos used to select up the merchandise.
After the consumer companies obtained the invoices, they contacted the automotive provide enterprise who in flip contacted the police.
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Calgary police are on the lookout for assist monitoring down a suspected automotive thief
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Calgary police are on the lookout for assist monitoring down a suspected automotive thief
After a months-long investigation, the police arrested a person on 25 November.
Michael Tolentino Dela Cruz, 50, was charged with a number of counts of fraud over $5,000 and one depend of fraud beneath $5,000. Dela Cruz was additionally charged with id theft after police discovered him with private identification data from 15 completely different individuals.
Police stated he additionally has 10 excellent warrants for unrelated crimes.
Dela Cruz is scheduled to look in courtroom on Friday.
The Calgary Police Service is reminding companies to ask telephone clients to confirm firm contact data and comply with up requests instantly with the client companies for affirmation.
“If the client can’t reply primary verification questions, this could possibly be an indication of a rip-off,” police stated in a press release.
Anybody with details about these incidents is requested to name the CPS non-emergency line at 403-266-1234 or present nameless tricks to Crime Stoppers.
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