News Release - Winnipeg Police Service

Friday, May 15, 2015   Fraud Arrests  C15-97679 On May 11th, 2015 two suspect males attended to a retail outlet in the vicinity of Sterling Lyon Parkway and Kenaston Boulevard and attempted to purchase gift cards using a forged credit card. An alert employee noticed a discrepancy between the card number and the receipt and contacted police.   The suspect males also attended to a retail premise in area of Bishop Grandin Boulevard and St. Mary's Road where they successfully purchased a number of gift cards utilizing fraudulent payment cards.   On May 14th, Winnipeg Police members located a vehicle associated to the suspects in the 1800 block of Pembina Highway and arrested 4 male suspects. At the time of arrest officers located a large number of forged payment cards within the vehicle. Investigators subsequently executed a search warrant at a location in 400 block of Century Street where they seized additional forged payment cards.   Four adult males from the Vancouver, British Columbia area have been charged with numerous fraud related offences including:   -        Participation in a Criminal Organization -        Conspiracy to Commit Indictable Offence -        Possess Property Obtained by Crime, -        Unauthorized Use of Credit Card Data -        Fraud Under $5000   All four suspects were detained in custody. The investigation is continuing by members of the Winnipeg Police Service Commercial Crime Unit and anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact investigators at (204) 986-6231 or Crime Stoppers at (204) 786-TIPS (8477).   For further information contact either: Constable Jason Michalyshen, Public Information Officer Constable Eric Hofley, Public Information Officer Phone: (204) 986-3061 | Fax: (204) 986-3267 | Email: WPS-PIO@Winnipeg.ca Share this mailing with your social network by clicking on the appropriate link:       Related Winnipeg Police Service Report a Crime Online Crime Stoppers CrimeStat Unsubscribe If you do not want to receive these emails anymore, unsubscribe. Please do not reply to this email. This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address and replies are not monitored. Mailing address: City of Winnipeg, 510 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3B 1B9 Privacy Statement The City of Winnipeg values your privacy. We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties. You are receiving this email as a result of your signing up for the Winnipeg Police Service Email News list offered on the City of Winnipeg website. You may unsubscribe or change your subscription options at any time.