Traffic violation leads to fraud breakthrough
Forged Social Insurance cards, student identification cards, and credit cards seized in May are displayed at the Windsor Police Service headquarters Oct. 19. Nabeel Ahmed, 30, of Windsor has been charged with money laundering and fraud over $5,000. Photo by Chris Richards
By Chris Richards
Windsor Police Services hit a breakthrough Oct. 16 in an ongoing fraud investigation.
Nabeel Ahmed, 30, of Windsor was charged Oct. 19, with money laundering and fraud over $5,000.
Ahmed was stopped for running a red light near Banwell and E.C. Row. Providing a fake name to the traffic enforcement officer, Ahmed was taken to police headquarters after failing to produce physical identification and appearing nervous and evasive, according to Windsor Police. Once downtown, detectives from the Fraud Unit were able to connect Ahmed to an ongoing fraud investigation from May 2012 when dozens of forged Social Insurance cards, student cards, and credit cards were seized.
According to Windsor Police, the fraud amount to date is nearly $35,000, with the charges encompassing 142 offences.
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