A Brampton woman has been arrested in connection with an auto-financing fraud scam in Durham Region.

Durham Regional Police said the woman submitted an online application to purchase a 2027 Mercedes SUV at a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Whitby on Sept. 30 using someone else’s identification.

The application included images of identification documents, including a Canadian passport that displayed the suspect’s photograph but identified the victim as the holder.

The application was approved, and financing was arranged through a financial institution.

Prior to the vehicle being released, the true holder of the identification was notified of the purchase and reported the incident to both Durham Regional Police and the dealership as a case of identity fraud.

When the suspect in the case visited the dealership on Thursday, Oct. 8 to complete the transaction and take possession of the vehicle she was arrested by police and taken into custody.

Skylar Porter, 39, has been charged with fraud over $5,000, uttering a forged document, personation and possession of identity document not her own, as well as possession of cocaine.

She was released on an Undertaking.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Stuart of the DRPS Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5353.

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Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.

Four teenagers – the youngest just 15 – are facing more than 200 charges following an investigation into multiple stolen vehicles and commercial break-and-enters across Durham Region and the GTA.

Project Magenta was launched by members of the West Division Criminal Investigations Branch after investigators identified links between a series of commercial break-and-enters, vehicle thefts, attempted vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles, fraud-related offences, and the use of stolen vehicles in the commission of the offences.

Between June and September 2026, the group was responsible for 36 incidents across Durham Region and Toronto, police said, including eight commercial break-and-enters and 15 vehicle theft-related offences involving stolen vehicles, attempted vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles, and licence plate thefts.

 

 


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