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Three alleged fraudsters face charges after a man and his daughter were taken for $18,000 in a bank card scam.
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Toronto Police are also searching for two other suspects.
Officers said a father and daughter received a call from a scammer pretending to be a bank representative on May 29.
The man provided personal information when the fraudster told him his bank cards were compromised, and they needed to be closed.
A short time later, a man arrived at the victim’s residence in a black Tesla to pick up the bank cards.
When the father and daughter realized cash had been taken from their accounts, they called police.
Oluwayemisi Igbayilolaoluwa Odusi, 20, of Ottawa, and Myckala Jameisha Vaughn, 22 of Kawartha Lakes, faces charges including possession/use of a credit card obtained by crime.
Gary Jeremiah Williams, 20, of Toronto, was charged with two counts of fraud under $5,000 and two counts of possession of proceeds of crime, under $5000.
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Man stabbed in Scarborough
A man in his 30s is expected to survive after being wounded in a stabbing in Scarborough early Sunday.
An injured man was rushed to a hospital after Toronto Police officers answered a call around 3 a.m. in the Lawrence Ave.-Kingston Rd. area.
Officers urged anyone with information to call 416-808-4300.
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Fatal collision investigation
A pedestrian is dead after a collision on Hwy. 401 in Oshawa Saturday night.
The collision happened in the westbound lanes, near Stevenson Rd.
A 22-year-old man from Scugog was pronounced dead in hospital.
Man wounded in shooting at Hamilton strip mall
A wounded man was treated and released from hospital after a strip mall shooting in Hamilton, according to police.
Hamilton police officers were called to a plaza at Fennell Ave. and Upper Gage Ave. around 11:15 p.m. Saturday night, where they located a wounded man in his 30s.
Several businesses in the area were damaged by gunfire.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 905-546-4883.
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