Toronto man charged with impersonating a police officer in Markham fraud case

A 57-year-old Toronto man faces fraud-related charges after allegedly posing as a police officer and threatening to arrest a woman if she did not pay him.

York Regional Police said that in October 2022, a Markham woman received a call from an unknown man claiming to be an officer with Shanghai Municipal Police. He allegedly threatened her with arrest if she did not pay.

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