CALGARY – Police have laid almost one hundred charges against two men believed to be involved in a sophisticated identity theft and fraud ring.
Police allege 26-year-old Hafiz Mohammed of Calgary and 28-year-old Jesse James of Vancouver were involved in the identity theft, fraud, and manufacturing of counterfeit documents against at least 15 victims.
Police executed a search warrant for a home in Discovery Ridge on Thursday night, and seized manufacturing equipment used to make counterfit items, including:
- counterfeit Alberta Drivers Licenses
- counterfeit Canadian Social Insurance cards
- counterfeit Alberta Heath cards
- counterfeit British Columbia birth certificates
- credit card point of sale pin pads
- white credit card blanks
- counterfeit business cheques
- copies of victim’s credit bureau reports/credit history
- sticker sheets with Alberta “Registrar of Motor Vehicles Services” hologram stickers
- stolen property
- $4,000 cash
Mohammed is facing 40 charges related to fraud and identity theft.
James, who also goes by Jesse Ireland, is wanted on warrants for 57 charges related to fraud and identity theft.
Investigators believe he may be in B.C. or may be headed to Ontario, and are encouraging anyone with information on his whereabouts to contact police.
Police describe him as 5’7” tall, roughly 200 lbs., with hazel eyes and a bald hairstyle.
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