Three Richmond Hill residents have been charged in a $500,000 fraudulent retail gift cards investigation dubbed Project Wash.
Toronto Police say between July 2022 and January 2023, the trio operated a forgery lab used for altering and manufacturing retail gift cards.
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On Wednesday, Jan. 25, police executed search warrants at a business in Toronto and a home in Richmond Hill and seized a vast amount of fraudulent gift cards valued at approximately $500,000, computer equipment and electronics used for altering and manufacturing gift cards and a quantity of fake government identity documents.
On Wednesday, Jan. 25, Iouri Perett, 38, and Vitalii Fokov, 35, both of Richmond Hill, were each charged with fraud over $5,000, deal in altered gift cards, and possession of proceeds obtained by crime.
Elizaveta Perett, 34, of Richmond Hill, was charged with possession of proceeds obtained by crime.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 416-808-7300, or contact Crime Stoppers at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
