{"id":662670,"date":"2026-05-11T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662670\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:26:09","slug":"brampton-couple-arrested-after-bank-fraud-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/662670\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton couple arrested after bank fraud investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A husband and wife from Brampton are facing charges after allegedly pulling off a series of bank frauds that resulted in nearly $90,000 in financial losses.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are accused of using fake credit cards, drivers\u2019 licences, immigration documents and birth certificates to open personal and business bank accounts under false names.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a separate incident, the husband is alleged to have impersonated a legitimate bank client to open new accounts, obtain debit cards, and withdraw funds from multiple bank branches before the fraud was detected,\u201d a Peel police release outlines.<\/p>\n<p>After allegedly making the fraudulent accounts, investigators say funds were then transferred to the wife\u2019s personal account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of these incidents, financial losses exceeded $86,000,\u201d the release adds. \u201cAll affected victims were reimbursed by the financial institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On April 29, officers arrested Donato Pento, 43, and charged him with identity fraud, fraud over $5,000, uttering forged documents and fail to comply with release order.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his arrest, investigators say Pento was already subject to court ordered conditions prohibiting him from possessing identification or banking documents that were not his own.<\/p>\n<p>On May 6, his wife, Neuza Tavarez, 43, was arrested and charged with possession of property obtained by crime.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against them have not yet been tested in court. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A husband and wife from Brampton are facing charges after allegedly pulling off a series of bank frauds&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-662670","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\/662670","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=662670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}