(TRENT HILLS, ON) – Northumberland Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) – Street Response Team (SRT) conducted a fraud investigation in conjunction with investigators from Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Company.
In October, 2013 a construction trailer was reported stolen to the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS). The trailer was recovered one day later with no loss of property reported. The owner made a claim to his insurance company reporting a large quantity of construction tools had been stolen.
The joint investigation revealed that the accused made false claims to the insurance company and received approximately $8.000.00 in payments.
On Wednesday June 4, 2014 OPP completed this investigation and arrested Korey Robert BUCKLES, 36 from Campbellford, Ontario.
The accused has been charged with the following offences under the Criminal Code:
Fraud under $5,000 – 2 counts
Make forged document – 2 counts
Utter / use forged document – 2 counts
He was released on a promise to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday July 8, 2014 in Brighton, Ontario.