A Guelph man is facing a list of fraud charges from earlier this year. In April the OPP Orillia detachment received a fraud report from a business about a breach in their email system.
A fraud where cheques were redirected to the suspect in Guelph with a loss of $6954 reported.
In June, Huron County OPP entered a separate fraud investigation which was turned over to the Huron County Crime Unit with a similar fraud case where funds were taken in the form of e-transfers, totaling $27,181.
Investigators with the Central Region Fraud Unit and Huron County Crime Unit on December 19th arrested the 78 year old who faces multiple charges including Fraud over $5000, Use, Deals, Acts on Forged Documents and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000.
The accused has two separate court dates, one in Goderich and another in Orillia, both in February.