One person was arrested on Sept. 28 after police allege they defrauded a local business of more than $40,000.
An investigation that began in May of this year "revealed that the suspect had allegedly, by use of email deception, redirected money transfers to an account claiming to be that of the local business," says a news release issued by Orillia OPP. "The transfers in question did not reach the local business but instead to an account belonging to the suspect."
A total of $41,370.43 was fraudulently obtained by the accused, 20-year-old Dorcas Oloruntola of Chatham, police say.
Oloruntola is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 31 and stands charged with:
• Fraud over $5,000
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
