A Quebec woman has to answer to fraud charges following an incident at the Scotiabank in Wallaceburg Thursday afternoon.
Police were called about 3:20 p.m. Thursday. Through investigation, officers learned a woman attempted to open a business account under an assumed name. Scotiabank staff became suspicious when there were inconsistencies with the woman’s identification, police say.
Further investigation revealed the woman was involved in the same crime throughout the province and was facing similar charges in Ottawa, Halton Region, and the province of New Brunswick.
She was also bound by release orders issued by the Ottawa Police Service and Saint John Police Service with a condition prohibiting her from possessing any identification that is not in her name.
A 28-year-old Quebec woman was charged with fraud, uttering a forged document, identity fraud and failing to comply with an undertaking. She was transported to police headquarters and held pending a bail hearing.
