TORONTO – Two men are facing more than 20 charges between them after a Toronto police investigation into alleged fraud primarily targeting American lawyers.
Toronto police say they investigated the allegations with help from a partnership involving multiple agencies, including the RCMP, the FBI and Canada Post.
They allege two men would contact businesses posing as legitimate customers looking for services that involved the “disbursement of funds.”
They allege the men would give the businesses altered, high-value cheques, which would then be deposited into accounts controlled by the accused.
The alleged victims were then informed the cheques were forgeries and were held responsible for the amounts.
The two men are facing a combined 23 charges, including three counts of fraud over $5,000.