Toronto police have charged five people after a 10-month romance fraud investigation found senior citizens across Canada were targeted and persuaded into sending money to various bank accounts. Police said the bank accounts were a mix of legitimate and fraudulent accounts that were opened with fake identities by the accused. Once trust was established, the victims were persuaded to send money to the bank accounts which were under the names of George Bature, Foday Amos and Jonathan Faith. Freeman Toje, 45, of Toronto, faces additional charges of possession of a counterfeit mark and forged passport. They are advising people not to send money to unknown individuals online.

Source: thestar October 18, 2019 18:45 UTC