Halifax RCMP conclude six-year stolen vehicle/insurance fraud investigation with charges against four people

Halifax RCMP have identified and charged four individuals following an investigation of an alleged inter-provincial stolen vehicle/insurance fraud scheme.
Police say the complex investigation began after police received a complaint about suspicious activity in 2005. The investigation determined the accused were using fraudulent documents to register vehicles they didn’t actually own or possess. Afterward, they would declare the vehicle stolen and collect insurance money.
In other cases, the accused were using fraudulent documents to register and sell stolen vehicles with ‘cloned’ Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs), police say.
The allegations have not been proven in court.
Through the course of the investigation, RCMP seized three stolen vehicles: a 1999 GMC Truck, 2006 Dodge Truck, and a 2002 Mercedes.
Four people face a total of six charges of either Possession of Stolen Property or Fraud. They are Timothy Dooley, 52; Stephen Fredericks, 49; Dale Bourassa, 52; and Dalton Cain, 34.
Those charged are scheduled to appear in Dartmouth Provincial Court on Nov. 30, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.