A fraud investigation by authorities in Saskatoon, Canada, has uncovered an international crime link after a stolen vehicle was traced to Ghana.

According to the Saskatoon Police Service Economic Crime Section, in a statement dated May 28, 2026, the case began on January 14, 2025, when police received a report that a vehicle had been stolen from a business on the 2300 block of Faithfull Avenue.

Police said a man from Alberta visited the business and purchased a Land Rover, but it was later discovered that the transaction was carried out using identity fraud.

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Additional investigations revealed that the vehicle was moved from Saskatoon to British Columbia. Days later, with support from the Edmonton Police Service and the Canada Border Services Agency, officers found that the vehicle had been shipped to Ghana.

The report further confirmed that the stolen Land Rover eventually arrived in Ghana.

During the same investigation, police also received information about another fraud case on February 3, 2025, involving a BMW X5. The vehicle was fraudulently purchased from a business on the 3100 block of Faithfull Avenue.

Police said the suspect travelled from Alberta using a Quebec driver’s licence that had been altered after it was reported lost in Quebec. The suspect was later flagged for fraudulent activity.

Meanwhile, the suspect has since been arrested in Edmonton and charged by Saskatoon police with multiple offences, including fraud over $5,000, theft of a motor vehicle, possession of another person’s identity document, impersonation, use of a forged document, and breaching court-imposed conditions.

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