Woman facing 120 fraud-related counts
Posted Jun 2, 2011 03:19:24 PM.
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A woman faces more than 100 fraud-related charges in connection with a nine-month investigation.
Police say the HRP/RCMP Integrated Financial Crime Unit received a complaint of a fraud in September, 2010.
A news release from Halifax Regional Police alleges that “a woman registered companies under an alias and obtained certificates of ownership from the Registry of Joint Stocks which were used to open bank accounts. She then used the false credentials to rent high-end residential properties and the failed to make rent payments.”
“There are also complaints from people whose credit cards were illegally used,” says the document “At this time, police have identified a total of 14 victims in relation to this investigation.”
Forty-eight-year-old Lesa George, also known as Lesa Jurgan, Wednesday morning in Bedford.
She’s facing 120 fraud-related charges including uttering forged documents, forgery and false pretences.
