Ten men charged in connection with organized ATM fraud in York Region

Investigators working out of the York Regional Police Major Fraud Unit in cooperation with Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau have charged ten men in connection with numerous fraud incidents stemming from a joint investigation that began February 2010.

As the result of an extensive investigation that began in February, Fraud Unit investigators identified a suspect they believed to be responsible for credit and debit card frauds in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Through investigation, a suspect identified as Mayuran JEYABALAN, 24, of Brampton and a search warrant executed at his Brampton residence on Friday,
July 30, 2010, where the he was arrested without incident. At this residence, investigators located and seized a quantity cash and computerized equipment containing fraudulently obtained data.

Following a subsequent investigation, nine other men were also identified as suspects in connection with similar frauds were arrested without incident on Wednesday, August 4, 2010, in the parking lot of an establishment on Islington Avenue the City of Vaughan. These suspects were found to be in possession of a quantity of lockboxes containing money that been removed from various ATM machines.

CHARGED:

• Mayuran JEYABALAN, 24, of Brampton
• Puvanandran KISHOKUMAR, 28, of Vaughan
• Jehanathan KULASEGARAMPILLAI, 33, of Toronto
• Suganathan KULASEGARAMPILLAI, 28 Toronto
• Srirajan YOGESWARAN, 32, of Brampton
• Amirthathasan LALITHATHASAN, 30, of Toronto
• Suthakaran PARAMALINGAM, 29, of Markham
• Piratheepan SRI SKANDARAJAH, 27, Vaughan
• Prashanth YOGANATHAN, 24, of St. Catharine’s
• Manivannan RASIAH SATKURU, 28, of Brampton

CHARGES INCLUDE:

• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
• Possession of Credit Card Data
• Fraud Over $5,000
• Possession of Instruments of Forgery

Mr. KISHOKUMAR has been held in custody and will appear next before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket sometime today. The remaining nine accused have been released from custody. Mr. JEYABALAN is scheduled to appear Wednesday, August 25, 2010 and the remainder are scheduled to appear on Thursday, September 23, 2010.