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A 60-year-old man from Timber Bay, Saskatchewan is facing money laundering charges.
Joseph Lavallee will make his first court appearance September 26th, 2016 in Prince Albert.
The scam came to the RCMP’s attention in La Ronge when a man reported suspicious money transfers into his bank account.
The fraudsters were posing as a legitimate company in Montreal. They made two money transfers, totaling more than $70,000 to the bank account and instructed the man on where to forward the money and how much he could keep.
La Ronge RCMP, with the help of the RCMP Integrated Organized Crime Unit in Saskatoon took part in the investigation, which began at the end of July.