A woman from Waterloo, Ont., was scammed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars as the result of a romance scam, according to Waterloo regional police.
They say their investigation began in August of last year after police were contacted about a scam.
Officers soon discovered that a man had been posing as a foreign currency investor while courting a woman.
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According to police, the suspect had soon talked her into giving him $200,000 to invest and help support his lifestyle.
A warrant was issued for a 28-year-old man from Kitchener and he was arrested by customs officers on Jan. 15 at Pearson International Airport, according to police.
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They did not say what led them to arrest the man at the airport.
Police say the man was taken back to the region, where he was charged with a number of offences including fraud over $5,000, possession of stolen property, money laundering, failure to register as a money services business and failure to comply with a release order.
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