{"id":542438,"date":"2026-03-17T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542438\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:06:49","slug":"brampton-man-charged-in-fraud-investigation-targeting-south-asian-community-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/542438\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton man charged in fraud investigation targeting South Asian community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Peel-Regional-Police-headquarters-CITYNEWS.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior view of Peel Regional Police headquarters building. CITYNEWS\" width=\"775\" height=\"436\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Exterior view of Peel Regional Police headquarters building. CITYNEWS <\/p>\n<p>A 21-year-old Brampton man is in custody in connection with a fraud investigation targeting members of the South Asian community.<\/p>\n<p>Police in Peel Region say they began an investigation in the summer of 2025 following allegations that individuals with temporary immigration status were recruited by a man in order to commit fraud against financial institutions and automotive dealerships in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the scheme involved using others to obtain credit products, such as high-value auto loans, with no intent to repay them.<\/p>\n<p>The funds and vehicles obtained were allegedly intended for unauthorized use, resale or export, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>On March 9, police arrested Udayveer Dhillon and charged him with attempting to commit a criminal offence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exterior view of Peel Regional Police headquarters building. CITYNEWS A 21-year-old Brampton man is in custody in connection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-542438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}