Police in Halifax have charged a 49-year-old man in connection with an alleged fraud just over a year ago Bedford.
Police say that a customer of the Royal Bank on the Bedford Highway deposited a cheque for over $90,000 into his bank account on Dec. 14, 2016 but the cheque was later determined to be fraudulent.
Paul Edward Beasant of Halifax has been charged with fraud over $5,000 and uttering a forged document. He has been released on bail and Beasant is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Jan. 23.
Read the full story over at the Herald News.