Riley's Case — 419 Fraud — Police Report

Client:  Riley, Accused
Complainant:  Bank of Nova Scotia
Charges:  Utter Forged document and Fraud Over $5000

Police Report:  On 22 July 2005 at 1700 hrs, police attended the Bank of Nova Scotia office at 463 Cinders Drive in the Town of Markham in response to a fraud complaint.

Upon arrival, police spoke to the reporting party, who is the Customer Support Supervisor for the Bank of Nova Scotia. The reporting party advised police that on 10 June 2005 they received a cashed cheque for $38,105.42. The cheque was cashed at a TD Canada Trust branch located at 40 Queezy Street in Mississauga, Ontario, on 22 April 2005. The cheque was cashed allegedly by the person who is the payee on the front of the cheque, Mr. Riley F.

The reporting party further advised that the staff at her office believed that the cheque was fraudulent, as the two authorizing signatures on the face of the cheque don't match the signature of persons actually authorized to sign Bank of Nova Scotia cheques.

Police subsequently seized the fraudulent cheque under tag #467845.

This report will be forwarded to 5 C.I.B. for further investigation.

*** SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ***

Based on the officer's information, the following was learned:

Sometime in April 2005, a forged company cheque in the amount of $38,105.42 was deposited into the suspect's personal TD bank account.

Immediately after, approximately $8,108.60 was withdrawn. Eventually the ScotiaBank found out about this fraud and were able to recover over $29,000 from the suspect's TD account.

On 20 September 2005, the officer called the suspect at home. After the officer identified himself and explained the officer's intention, the suspect blurted out: "This is all over that bloody e-mail I responded to." At that point, the officer cautioned the suspect. The suspect continued to state that he had e-mails to prove his innocence. The officer explained if he wished to give a statement and provide documents, he could do so in person when he turned himself into the police station.

The suspect agreed to attend 2 District on 22 September 2005 at 1300 hrs.

Arrest Synopsis:  On 22 September 2005, the accused attended 2 District. He was escorted into Interview Room #2, placed under arrest and read rights to counsel. At this point, the accused provided a letter which appeared to be from his lawyer, Craig Penney. The letter stated his client would not be providing a statement or documents to police.

The accused advised he wished to speak to his lawyer. Originally, the officer could not reach his lawyer and left a message. Eventually, Mr. Penney called and was given the opportunity to speak to his client

The accused was paraded in front of Sgt. V*** and was booked. The accused is being charged with uttering forged documents and fraud over $5,000 with a Court date of 27 October 2005 and a fingerprint date of 19 October 2005. Canada Evidence Act notices were served on the accused.

The charges are as follows:

Counts #1 and #2:  It is alleged that sometime in April 2005, the accused uttered a forged company cheque in the amount of $38,105.42 which was deposited into his TD bank account. The accused then withdrew money at this time. The ScotiaBank is at a loss of approximately $8,108.60. The accused thereby committed the criminal offences of uttering a forged document and fraud over $5000.

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