On January 12, 2016, officers from the Steinbach RCMP’s General Investigation Section arrested a prolific offender following an investigation that was initiated in December, 2015, when RCMP became aware of the suspect’s fraudulent activities.
32-year-old Jesse Daniel Cole faces numerous fraud-related charges.
Police say that 32-year-old Jesse Daniel Cole, of no fixed address, has been charged with 21 counts of breaching his probation, seven counts of fraud under $5,000, one count of fraud over $5,000 and one count of unauthorized possession of credit card data. Cole remains in custody.
RCMP believe that Cole has been using dating and social media websites to meet and defraud women using aliases, including “Jesse Sinclair.” Cole is also wanted for similar offences in Alberta, Quebec and Ontario.
“We’re releasing this information and his picture to encourage anyone who may have been defrauded by this individual to contact their local policing agency,” said Sgt Bert Paquet of the Manitoba RCMP. “We want to ensure that this individual is charged for all of the crimes he has committed, not only the ones reported so far.”
