By Sheldon Spackman

December 2024

Ponoka man facing identity theft-related charges, scheduled for trial

Oct 1, 2024 | 1:55 PM

Trial dates have been scheduled for a Ponoka man facing several identity theft-related charges.

Greg Thomas Allen, 36, is scheduled for trial in Ponoka Court of Justice from Dec. 2-3, 2024.

He was charged after Alberta Mounties searched a local residence and allegedly seized a number of documents and items linked to suspected identity theft.

On Aug. 22, 2023, Smoky Lake RCMP received a report that multiple credit cards were taken out and a vehicle purchased under the victim’s name. Through investigation, Smoky Lake RCMP were able to identify the suspect involved in these offences as a Ponoka resident.

On Dec. 13, 2023, officers from Ponoka and Smoky Lake RCMP executed a search warrant at a residence on 54 Street and 54 Avenue in Ponoka.

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As a result of the search, officers say they located:

• fabricated credit cards
• printers with blank cheques loaded in them
• Documents with other individual’s personal information including drivers licences
• Stolen property
• A firearm with an altered serial number and other weapons.

Greg Thomas Allen, a resident of Ponoka, was charged with:

• Fraud
• Identification theft
• Identification fraud
• Uttering ID in another’s name
• Forgery
• Trafficking or possession of a forged document
• Possess prohibited firearm
• Possess prohibited weapon
• Careless use of weapon
• Tampering with serial number of a firearm,
• Possession of stolen property under $5000
• Possession of Instruments for copying credit card.

“One person can cause a great deal of harm to a community,“ said Sgt. Tyler Epp of the Ponoka RCMP, following the arrest. “Mr. Allen is a repeat offender who in this case has victimized a great deal of people. The investigation continues as we continue to locate victims.”

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