Ponoka man facing several identity theft related charges

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• 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.

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RCMP have charged Greg Thomas Allen, 35, a resident of Ponoka, 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.

Police say Allen was taken before a justice of the peace on this and other related charges and was remanded into custody with his next court date set for Jan. 14, 2024, at the Alberta Court of Justice In Ponoka.

“One person can cause a great deal of harm to a community,“ says Sgt. Tyler Epp of the Ponoka RCMP. “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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