A 61-YEAR-OLD SARNIA WOMAN is loaded with identity theft and forgery after the RCMP RAIDED AN ILLEGAL Cannabis Grow-OP CAPABLE OF MAKING $ 16 million in profits a year.
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The Probe Began in the Summer of 2022, when the opposite the case to the RCMP. There were multiple sites Staffed with full-time, live-in workers. None of their Had Legal Status to Work or Grow Cannabis in Canada, The RCMP Said.
A Criminal Network Working Out of these rentals exported the illegal cannabis to the US and Hong Kong and Had Plans to Expand Their Distribution Into Europe, Police Said.
“The RCMP estimates that these operations could have an annual production value of over $ 16 million,” A release Said.
Profits WERE LAUNDERED Through the Canadian Banking System Via A Sophisticated Identity Fraud Scheme, Police Said, Where Applications for Health Canada Authorizations To Produce Medicinal Cannabis Were Made Using the Identity Of People Wh Were not Aware of the Applications. The Authorizations Were used to obtain commercial leases and expand the group’s cannabis production.
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Six people are charged in the probe include zdena (Denise) Mesko, 61, from Sarnia. She is loaded with identity theft, using forged documents, possessing property or the proceds of crime, conspiracy to impersonate for advantage, and conspiracy to use forged documents.
Five Toronto Residents Between the Ages of 26 and 45 are also charged. The Six accused we released with Undertakings and short dates on may 7 in Toronto.
The RCMP Thanked Provincial and Municipal Police Foresting Who Helped With the Probe, Which Sixed and Destroyed 17,000 Cannabis Plants.
“The collaboration and teamwork between the RCMP Federal Police and Our Provincial and Municipal Law Enforcement Partners Underscores Our Collective Commitment to Battling Transnational Organized Crime at All Levels in Ontario, Canada and Abroad,” RCMP Insp. Nicole Noonan Said in the status.
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