After a lengthy investigation that had been ongoing for approximately three years, police executed several search warrants and charged five people with a total of 60 Criminal Code offences. OPP have charged five people after investigating a property fraud surrounding the restoration and sale of a vacant commercial property on Lakeshore Road, in Haileybury. The financial loss is approximately $7.5 million dollars. Back on February 1, 2013, members of the OPP Temiskaming Crime Unit were called to investigate a fraud. After a lengthy investigation that had been ongoing for approximately three years, police executed several search warrants and charged five people with a total of 60 Criminal Code offences.

By: Jeff Turl
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