A Prince Edward County resident, who had pleaded guilty to multiple frauds as a former employee of two businesses, faces new fraud charges.
Belleville police say 47-year-old Jennifer Simao was arrested and charged with three counts of fraud over $5,000 and three counts of using a forged document.
In a release from police, they say detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division launched an investigation in May 2025 after receiving a report that $18,000 had been withdrawn from a victim’s Canada Life RRSP account without her consent.
As the investigation unfolded, detectives uncovered that between February and March 2023, the Canada Life RRSP account information had been changed to the victim’s daughter’s details, and four withdrawals totalling $16,830 were subsequently deposited into an account controlled by the daughter.
According to police, further investigation determined that the daughter had also obtained approximately $54,000 from the same victim between 2019 and 2022 under the pretense of covering medical and legal expenses.
The Belleville Police Service says receipts provided to the victim were later determined to be fraudulent, including forged documents with falsified signatures.
Simao was arrested and charged on September 12, 2025.
She was released on an undertaking with a court date set for November 27, 2025, in Belleville.
Simao is currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to previous charges of fraud over $ 5,000 and theft over $ 5,000.
