(TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged after an investigation where a local victim was defrauded.
On February 25, 2025, members of the Temiskaming Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), were advised of a fraud where the victim, from Temiskaming Shores, had been the target of online and in person scams. OPP began an in-depth investigation determining an estimated loss of approximately $74000.
On March 11, 2025, Temiskaming OPP with the assistance of the Temiskaming Crime Unit, the Emergency Response Team (ERT) and the Provincial Operational Intelligence Bureau (POIB), police arrested and charged one person.
Sujal SHARMA, 21 years-of-age of Huntsville Ontario, was charged with:
- Fraud over $5000
On June 24, 2025, following further investigation, police re-arrested the accused and charged them with additional offences.
- Fraud over $5000
- Theft over $5000
- Personating peace officer
The accused is scheduled to reappear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Haileybury, on October 3, 2025.