Toronto couple faces 81 fraud, forgery charges in ATM skimming probe

Published Wednesday October 1st, 2008

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO - Toronto police have charged a husband and wife for allegedly running an international debit and credit card skimming ring.

Dimitar Iliev, 35 and Ralitsa Ivanova, 37, were to appear in court Wednesday on a total of 81 fraud and forgery-related charges.

Investigators say a man was arrested in Palm Beach, Fla., in June for possession of phoney credit cards.

Further investigation found that between 2001 and 2008, the man used aliases to obtain a Canadian passport, driver's licences and social insurance number cards.

Police allege the man was then able to falsely obtain $132,000 in credit from financial institutions.

Officers say searches at two city addresses turned up more than 50 phoney or fraudulently obtained cards, more than $30,000 in Canadian and American currency, an ATM skimmer and other false documents.

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