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Calgary man wanted in $8M fraud of senior arrested at airport

Some of the money seized in a fraud bust on May 28, 2015 that resulted in charges against 3 Calgarians, including Anshul Fernando. Tom Reynolds / Global News

CALGARY – A Calgary man wanted in relation to the multimillion-dollar fraud of a senior has been arrested.

Police say Anshul Edison Fernando, who is 39, was picked up on Saturday by border services officers as he was entering Canada at the Calgary International Airport.

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Two other suspects were already in custody.

All three face charges of fraud and theft over $5,000.

Police say they began investigating late last year after a senior complained of being defrauded of more than $8 million.

They allege that false charities were used as a front to persuade the senior to invest large quantities of funds.

READ MORE: Calgary police charge 3 in multi-million dollar fraud investigation

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