FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:30pm
(Ottawa) –The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit has charged two men and a woman in relation to a fraud that is alleged to have occurred in 2014 and 2015.
Ottawa Police received a complaint that a person had been defrauded of $535,000. The fraud was part of a plan to entice a friend living overseas to a better life in Canada. The individuals requested funds to aid an immigration process and to purchase a house.
As a result of the investigation, on February 14th, Ottawa Police charged (David) Kwok Fai KWAN, 42 years-old, (Alice) Pui-Yan KWAN, 39 years-old, (Raymond) Kwok Wing KWAN, 44 years-old, all of Ottawa, with:
- Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence
- Fraud Over $5000 (x2)
- Laundering proceeds of crime
- False pretences
The matter is now before the courts.
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