The DRPS Financial Crimes Unit executed multiple search warrants and made numerous arrests in Project Navigator, which focused on vehicle finance frauds in Durham Region and the GTA.
Investigators from the Financial Crimes Unit recognized an increase in reportable fraud offences, including vehicle finance frauds. These frauds were being committed by using stolen identity information and obtaining a vehicle through fraudulent financial loan applications. The vehicles obtained were mostly newer or high-end motor vehicles, such as Mercedes-Benz, Land Rovers, Audi, BMW, Toyota, Lexus and Ford. Investigators worked closely with automobile dealerships within the GTA to look for these fraudulent transactions using new fraud-detection devices.
Project Navigator ran from October 2020 to February 4, 2021, and partnered with numerous agencies both in Canada and the United States, specifically the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs & Border Protection (CBP). Durham Regional Police and York Regional Police engaged in a collaborative effort to successfully end this crime spree and arrest several fraud suspects. Most of the suspects arrested resided within the Durham Region and the GTA.
Durham Regional Police Service executed simultaneous search warrants in concert with York Regional Police during Project Navigator, and below are the results:
- 16 accused – including a salesperson at a dealership.
- 431 criminal code charges
- $2,867,760 fraud loss of vehicles
- 48 vehicles identified as fraudulently obtained from car dealerships
- 19 vehicles identified as exported from Canada
- 4 vehicles recovered with a value of $235,144
Investigators urge that the wanted parties retain counsel and turn themselves in to their nearest police facility.
Anyone with new information about this investigation is asked to contact the DRPS Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5230.
Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.
Shaun Rizvi SULAIMAN
31 years old
Oshawa
Fraud over $5,000.00 x 11
False statement to procure loan x 11
Possess counterfeit mark (permanent resident card) x 11
Fraudulent use of citizenship card (permanent resident card) x 11
Possess identity document (permanent resident card) x 11
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x 8
Dispose of property to avoid creditors x 11
Attempt fraud over $5,000.00 x 3
Utter forged document x 3
Possess info with inference of fraud
Fail to comply with undertaking
Held for Bail – Release on Bail
Anujan THARMAKULASINGAM
30 years old
Ajax
Fraud over $5,000.00 x10
False statement to procure loan x10
Possess counterfeit mark (permanent resident card) x10
Fraudulent use of citizenship card (permanent resident card) x10
Possess identity document (permanent resident card) x10
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x10
Dispose of property to avoid creditors x10
Utter forged passport x7
Unauthorized use of credit card data x3
Undertaking release
Kajapragash SATKUNARAJAH
28 years old
Scarborough
Fraud over $5000
Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 x 4
Possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
Possession of counterfeit mark
Possession of identity document of another person x 7
Fail to comply with undertaking x 6
Possess credit card x 12
Theft over $5,000
Possession stolen mail
Possess forged document
Possession of card reading device
Possession instruments of forgery
Held for Bail – Release on Bail
Anil JASSAL
34 years old
Ajax
Fraud over $5,000.00 x3
False Statement to Procure Loan x3
Utter Forged Passport x3
Fraudulent Use of Certificate of Citizenship x4
Possess Identity Document of Another x6
PROJECT NAVIGATOR CHARGE SUMMARY
Possession Property Obtained by Crime in Canada for Trafficking
Exceeding $5,000.00 x3
Possess Counterfeit Mark x3
Undertaking release
Malik NEVERSON
23 years old
Scarborough
Fraud Over Specific Victim x1
Personation to Gain Advantage (Identity Fraud) x1
Possession Property Obtained by Crime in Canada for Trafficking
Exceeding $5,000.00 x1
Purposely Possess Identity Info Knowing or Being Reckless
Fraudulent x1
False Pretenses Over $5000 x1
Make False Statement to Procure Loan x1
Utter Forged Document x2
Unlawfully Sell/Possess Counterfeit Mark x1
Receive Property to Assist in Creditor Fraud x1
Undertaking release
Sangeevan CHANDRAKANDAN
33 years old
Markham
Fraud over $5000 x 3
Use false statement to procure loan x 3
Utter forged passport x 2
Fraudulently use certificate of citizenship x 3
Possess identity document of another x 5
Possession property OBC trafficking over $5000 x 3
Possess counterfeit mark x 3
Undertaking release
Jermaine Anthony GOODWIN
33 years old
Toronto
Fraud over $5000 x 5
Use false statement to procure loan x 12
Possess identity information with inference of fraud x 11
Traffic property OBC over $5000 x 12
Fraudulent use of certificate of citizenship x 10
Possess forged passport x 8
Possess identity document of another x 22
Conspiracy to commit an indicatable offence
Undertaking release
Sathujan SRIKARAN
26 years old
Oshawa
Fraud over $5000 x 2
Make false statement procure loan x 3
Fraudulent use of certificate of citizenship x 2
Uttering forged passport x 1
Possess identity document of another x 4
Unlawfully possess counterfeit mark x 2
Poss prop/thing OBC for trafficking >$5000 x 3
Undertaking release
Michael ZUREIQAT
46 years old
Toronto
Fraud over $5000
Possession over $5000
Personation with intent
Make false statement procure loan
Possess identity document of another
Unlawfully possess counterfeit mark
Poss prop/thing OBC for trafficking >$5000
Undertaking release
Warrant Issued for Arrest
Anser ALI
34 years old
No Fixed Address
Fraud over $5,000.00 x2
False statement to procure loan x2
Fraudulent use of certificate of citizenship x2
Procure to be made identity document x4
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x2
Unlawfully sell or possess counterfeit mark x3
Utter forged passport x1
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Anser ALI
34 years old
No Fixed Address
Fraud over $5,000.00 x2
False statement to procure loan x2
Fraudulent use of certificate of citizenship x2
Procure to be made identity document x4
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x2
Unlawfully sell or possess counterfeit mark x3
Utter forged passport x1
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
MD Shohel RANA
42 years old
Montreal
Fraud over $5,000.00 x2
False statement to procure loan x2
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x2
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Harjinder Singh RAMANA
24 years old
Scarborough
Fraud over $5,000.00 x1
False statement to procure loan x1
Utter forged passport x1
Fraudulent use of certificate of citizenship x1
Procure to be made identity document x2
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x1
Unlawfully sell or possess counterfeit mark x1
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Fayaz Dareen KHAN
41 years old
Markham
Fraud Over $5000 x 2
False Statement to Procure Loan x 2
Utter Forged Passport
Fraudulent Use of Certificate of Citizenship x 2
Possess Identity Document of Another x 3
Possession Property OBC for Trafficking Over $5,000.00 x 2
Possess Counterfeit Mark x 2
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Koushik Varma KUNADHARAJU
27 years old
Scarborough
Theft over $5000
Possession over $5000
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Alla PEN
59 years old
Toronto
Fraud over $5,000.00 x 4
False statement to procure loan x 4
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x 4
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
Pavel BOULDAKOV
59 years old
Toronto
Fraud over $5,000.00 x 4
False statement to procure loan x 4
Possession property obtained by crime in Canada for trafficking
exceeding $5,000.00 x 4
WARRANT 1st on CPIC
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