EDMONTON – The Edmonton Police Service has charged 27-year-old Nathan David Crone with 164 charges in connection with a number of offences including forgery and theft.
Officers say the charges were laid after a lengthy investigation.
Crone is reported to have used as many as 22 aliases, and was allegedly found with numerous forged documents including birth certificates, driver’s licenses, health care cards, marriage certificates, passports, credit cards, and gift certificates.
“As a result of the large number of complainants, this was a complex and lengthy investigation,” says Det. Rob Chan, Criminal Investigation Section with Southeast Division. “It is crucial to report your stolen identification to police so we can have more information to work within our investigations.”
“Report every instance to police. Whether it’s to the RCMP, whether it’s to a local police service, it should be reported. Even if they think that some of these items are simply lost, report them. Report them as lost.”
Police executed a search warrant at a home in the area of 101 Avenue and 121 Street in Edmonton on Feb. 22, 2013. Inside, officers found documents from about 120 individuals and businesses that were allegedly targeted by the suspect.
“(Officers) even found items, identification pieces from Saskatchewan and Ontario and as far away as Newfoundland,” said Chan. “It’s something that police all across Canada is involved in and is really concerned about.”
Crone is facing 164 charges, including possession of a controlled substance, possession of stolen property under $5,000, possession of the instruments for counterfeiting, possession of the instruments for forgery, forgery, possession of a stolen credit card, intent to obtain property and obtaining and possessing identity information.
Police are asking anyone who thinks their identification may have been stolen to contact them at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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