A Toronto man who used stolen credit cards to buy tires from numerous dealerships has been arrested by the Hanover Police Service.
Hanover Police say they were contacted by a woman in Saskatchewan on February 25 who claimed her stolen credit card had been used that day to purchase eight new truck tires at a car dealership in Hanover.
Investigators determined the suspect had set up the purchase over the phone and was planning to pick up the tires at a later date. On February 27, Hanover Police officers in plain clothes waited for the suspect at the dealership and placed the 27-year-old from Toronto under arrest.
A search warrant on a U-Haul van rented to the suspect at the time saw officers recover eight additional tires that were confirmed to be purchased from a car dealership in Listowel and a second dealership in Elmira with stolen credit cards and fake Ontario driver’s licences.
The suspect was later remanded into custody at his bail hearing and charged with fraud under $5000, unlawful use of a credit card and possession of property obtained by crime.
This investigation is ongoing as police investigators are aware that this suspect and others have committed similar crimes in other parts of Ontario.
