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A two-year-long investigation is coming to a close, finding a dozen victims of financial crimes.
Police say they believe a man was significantly overcharging some customers and charging others multiple times for their services.
Constable Dani McKinnon says 23 credit cards were used a total of 91 unauthorized times, amounting to $865,000. Between the same time frame, July 2, 2018, and October 10, 2019, approximately $1 million, some of which was fraudulently obtained and some legitimate, was transferred between various bank accounts as a method of laundering this money, the constable says in a press conference.
In 2019, a mobile payment processing company alerted the Winnipeg Police Service s Financial Crimes Unit of a troubling trend. The company says dating back to 2018, they believe a company was processing unauthorized credit card data.