Durham police have arrested a person in reference to an insurance coverage fraud involving unique animals.
On September 11, 2023, police have been contacted by an insurance coverage firm about a number of claims filed by Artistry in Motion Taxidermy, that they believed to be fraudulent.
They stated the proprietor of the business bought deceased unique animals corresponding to tigers, lions and monkeys, after they died of pure causes, to be used as artwork items.
In May of 2022, the proprietor made a declare to the insurance coverage firm for a weather-related failure of his refrigeration system, which he claimed resulted in a monetary lack of over $500,000 of animals.
In June of 2023, the proprietor made a second declare to the insurance coverage firm for one more refrigeration system failure, which he claimed resulted in a monetary lack of over $700,000 of animals.
Police say after an investigation into zoos, ranches, and safaris each in Canada and in Africa, named by the suspect, it was revealed that the suspect had fraudulently produced buy invoices, created fictitious zoos and safaris, and inflated the worth of the deceased animals.
Cyril D’Souza, 65 from Uxbridge is charged with: Fraud Over $5000 x2, and Utter Forged Document x2.
He was launched on an Undertaking.
Anyone with details about this incident is requested to contact D/Cst. Tisi of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5729 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
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