Woman Charged after using the Identity of Deceased Infant, Windsor, Ontario

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Windsor Ontario have charged a Kingsville, Ontario woman with identity theft and personation.

The investigation started in December 2010 when officials at Passport Canada were made aware that Nancy Jayne FERA (age 47) had obtained a valid Canadian Passport using the identity of a person who had died in 1965. RCMP investigators are alleging that FERA not only obtained a Canadian Passport, she had also obtained an Ontario Health Insurance Plan card, an Ontario birth certificate, a social insurance card and numerous credit cards all in the name of the deceased.

On February 25th, 2011 a search warrant executed on the Kingsville residence revealed numerous documents in the dead persons name as well as evidence of GST rebates that had been paid to the deceased.

Nancy Jayne FERA, Kingsville, Ontario is charged with one count of making a fraudulent statement for procuring a passport, possession of identity information for the purpose of committing an indictable offence and one count of Personation of someone for the purpose of gaining an advantage.

FERA will make her first appearance in Windsor Provincial Court on Monday March 7th, 2011.