Quinte West OPP have charged a person with identity theft and fraud.
Police responded to a business on Old Highway 2 in Quinte West on August 24 on reports of a suspicious person purchasing two “vessels.”
An investigation was initiated. When the person attended the store to pick up the merchandise, an arrest was made.
Forty-year-old Cedric Kalasa of Montreal was charged with the following:
- Fraud over $5000.
- Personation with intent
- Use forged document
- Possession of an identity document
- Identity theft – obtain or possess another person’s identity information
- Obstruct peace officer
The accused was held in custody pending a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville.
