UPDATE: Warrant issued for suspect in $130,000 fraud

WINDSOR POLICE NEWS RELEASE

Case #: 25-60161

UPDATE: Warrant issued for suspect in $130,000 fraud

The Windsor Police Service has issued an arrest warrant for a 27-year-old man wanted in connection with a $130,000 financial fraud.

In June 2025, the Windsor Police Financial Crimes Unit launched an investigation after receiving a report of a large-scale fraud at a currency exchange business in the 3200 block of Dougall Avenue. Officers learned that the male suspect entered the business and used a fraudulent Canadian passport to transfer approximately $138,000 CAD in exchange for $100,000 USD. After obtaining the U.S. currency, the suspect allegedly cancelled the Canadian transfer, resulting in a loss of roughly $130,000 to the business.

Investigators have since identified the suspect as Kamryn Alexander Bateman of Burlington, Ontario.

Bateman is wanted on the following charges:

• Fraud over $5,000

• Obtaining funds by a false pretense over $5,000

• Uttering a forged passport

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000

• Possession of an identification document of another

• Identity theft

• Identity fraud

Anyone with information on Bateman’s whereabouts or the investigation is asked to contact the Financial Crimes Unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4330. You can also contact Windsor & Essex County Crime Stoppers anonymously at 519-258-8477 (TIPS) or online at www.catchcrooks.com.