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Police issue arrest warrant after $130,000 fraud

If you know where 27-year-old Kamryn Alexander Bateman is, call Windsor Police or Crime Stoppers.

Windsor Police issued an arrest warrant for Bateman after an investigation that started in June into a $130,000 fraud at a currency exchange business on Dougall Avenue.

Officers said a man used a fake Canadian passport to transfer approximately $138,000 CAD in exchange for $100,000 USD. Once he got the American cash, he cancelled the Canadian transfer.

Bateman is wanted for fraud over $5,000, obtaining funds under false pretense over $5,000, uttering a forged passport, possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of an identification document of another, identity theft, and identity fraud.

If you know where he is, the Windsor Police Financial Crimes Unit can be reached at 519-255-6700 ext. 4330, Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477, or go to www.catchcrooks.com.

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