NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Dec. 24, 2020, at 11:17 a.m., members from the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Nipissing West OPP Crime Unit began an internet fraud investigation, from a residence on Holditch Street, West Nipissing.
The fraud had been traced through several countries, which started in Canada to Malta, then back to Canada, and then Nigeria.
As a result of the investigation, on May 9, 2021, Aymide Sarumi, 22, from Newmarket was arrested and charged with:
- Fraud over $5,000, contrary to section 380(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC).
- Laundering proceeds of crime - did send - an act in a place, contrary to section 462.31(2)(b) of the CC
The accused was released on an Undertaking and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on June 15, 2021, in North Bay.
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