Two girls from Richmond Hill are going through charges and police are in search of a 3rd suspect after the group allegedly defrauded victims in an immigration rip-off in York Area.
York Regional Police say an investigation started in 2022 once they received stories of two individuals who dedicated fraud utilizing their firm’s identify.
Police realized three suspects had been providing visa and immigration companies to 2 individuals from Markham. The victims despatched the cash to the suspects in an effort to get visa assist for his or her family members, however the accused didn’t have the {qualifications} essential to supply the companies.
The victims had been defrauded of greater than $40,000, in line with police.
York police have charged Richmond Hill residents Bahareh Attarbashi, 45, and Akramossadat Nasseri, 60, with defrauding the general public of greater than $5,000, conspiracy to commit fraud over $5,000, and participation in organized crime.
Police are in search of 65-year-old Richmond Hill resident Aliasghar Aminian who is needed within the investigation.
Police imagine the group of three had been focusing on members of the Iranian-Canadian neighborhood and say they imagine there are extra victims. Photographs of the suspects have been launched (see above) and anybody with additional info is being urged to contact police.
