(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Fraud Unit is seeking public assistance in locating fraud suspect Jody FAUCHER (m), 45 years old of Ottawa. There is a warrant for his arrest.
He is believed to be responsible for approx. 50 incidents – and a total of 11 investigative files – related to telephone credit card scams between February 2015 and May 2015.
Faucher targets small businesses that accept over the phone credit card orders and uses stolen credit cards. He will typically ask for items to have currency placed in them, such as enclosing cash in envelope with an order of flowers, or, currency to be baked” into goods (cakes) ordered. He then picks up the item.
He is described as a Caucasian male