Calgary man charged with defrauding Fort Saskatchewan business of more than $50K
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A Calgary man is accused of defrauding at least two Canadian businesses.
On March 3, Fort Saskatchewan RCMP got a complaint of fraud from a local business.
The company said it received an email with an invoice to be paid for over $54,000.
The money was paid, but when a second similar request came in, the company realized the initial email had been fraudulent.
Mounties began an investigation and identified a suspect, who was also believed to have conducted a similar fraud in Ontario.
The Ontario Provincial Police issued a Canada-wide warrant, and a warrant was also issued for the Fort Saskatchewan case.
On March 24, a 55-year-old man was arrested at his home in Calgary.
He has been charged with fraud over $5,000 in the Fort Saskatchewan case.
He is scheduled to appear in court in Fort Saskatchewan on April 25.