Three arrested after allegedly posing as homeowners, selling home

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Published January 27, 2023 at 5:48 pm

home selling scam

Toronto police say three people are facing fraud charges after they allegedly sold a home that wasn’t theirs while the owners were out of the country.

Police allege two men and a woman impersonated the homeowners of a Toronto property earlier this month.

Police say the home was sold and the woman and two men allegedly collected the proceeds of the sale.

The force further alleges the accused tried to withdraw the money made from the sale of the home at a bank in York Region on Thursday, where they were arrested by York police.

A 41-year-old woman from Markham was charged with fraud over $5,000, forging documents and other crimes, while two 22-year-olds from Toronto were both charged with one count of fraud over $5,000.

The involved individuals were investigated by the Financial Crimes Unit and were arrested and charged.

Xue Wang, 41, of Markham, has been charged with:

  1. Fraud Over $5000
  2. Possession Proceeds Obtained by Crime Over $5000
  3. Launder Proceeds of Crime
  4. Personation with intent to obtain property
  5. Utter forged Document

Xing Yu Lin, 22, of Toronto, has been charged with:

  1. Fraud Over $5000

Ling Pan, 22, of Toronto has been charged with:

  1. Fraud Over $5000

Investigators believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with information to contact police.

 

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