Two people have been arrested, and three others are still at large in connection with a door-to-door sales fraud that police said victimized more than 200 people across Ontario.
In a news release on Wednesday, Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) provided an update on its investigation into the fraud, which began in the summer of 2021. Dubbed Project Nettle, investigators uncovered that salespeople attended homes of older adults and vulnerable people “to initiate frauds where victims unknowingly entered into home service and/or renovation agreements at exorbitant prices.
… The three outstanding suspects are 23-year-old Anas Ayyoub, 33-year-old Muhammad Waqar Afzal and 28-year-old Muhammad Wasiq Afzal. They are wanted on several charges, including fraud over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.
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