MOOSE JAW — On March 26, the Moose Jaw Police Service (MJPS) received approximately 30 calls for service from residents indicating they were contacted as part of an attempted
Several residents had provided cash to a female suspect, who was posing as a bail bondsperson collecting money.
The MJPS's Criminal Investigation Section (CIS) began an operation, which resulted in the arrest of 44-year-old Veronique Charpentier of Montreal, Que. She is facing multiple charges of fraud over $5,000, charges that the Moose Jaw Police Service and other agencies laid.
Charpentier is the second individual whom MJPS has arrested and charged for involvement in grandparent scams since 2024.
With the assistance of Regina Police Service, the MJPS executed a search warrant on April 3, seizing proceeds of crime relating to these allegations.
Charpentier appeared in Moose Jaw Provincial Court on April 4 and was remanded in custody.
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The Moose Jaw Police Service reminds the public that police, judges, lawyers or jails will never contact citizens looking for money to bail their loved ones out of jail. The MJPS is encouraging people who believes they were the victim of this scam to contact their local police service, or MJPS at .
The MJPS thanks the public for their assistance in this matter.
