A 26-year-old man from China was arrested at Pearson International Airport last week after allegedly depositing a counterfeit cheque at an Oshawa bank back in January and subsequently fleeing the country.
Police say that the suspect attended a bank in the area of Simcoe Street North and Windfields Farm Drive West on Jan. 11 and deposited a cheque for $47,000.
It is alleged that the suspect then withdrew a large amount of cash and made multiple e-transfers with the funds. However, an investigation later determined that the cheque was counterfeit. Police say that multiple attempts were made to locate the suspect but investigators later learned that he had “fled the country.”issued on Tuesday, police said that members of the Canadian Border Services Agency then contacted DRPS investigators last week when the suspect returned to Canada.
“The suspect attempted to enter Canada via Pearson International Airport, from the United States, and was taken into custody without incident,” the release notes.Man charged after teenage girl abducted in Kitchener, police sayFlash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in AfghanistanCanadian Olympic Committe pulls accreditation from De Grasse coach Rana ReiderBloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involvedMore U.S.
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