Two charged after Edmonton police seize pair of Ferraris stolen from Ontario, re-registered in Alberta

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Edmonton police have laid expenses towards a person and a lady after officers seized two Ferrari sports activities vehicles that had been reported stolen in Ontario earlier this yr and re-registered in Alberta.

On Sept. 12, downtown EPS officers pulled over a automobile within the space of Jasper Avenue and 115 Avenue for a site visitors violation and seized a automobile, police stated in a Thursday information launch. On the identical time, police stated the members of the Alberta RCMP Auto Theft North Unit started conducting an investigation into two fraudulently registered Ferraris.

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Police decided the Ferrari seized by the EPS was part of the investigation.

“RCMP discovered the Ferrari had been reported stolen out of Ontario months earlier and given a brand new fraudulent automobile identification quantity and re-registered in Alberta,” police stated within the information launch.

A few days later, on Sept. 15, officers from the Alberta RCMP Auto Theft North Unit with help from ALERT and Beaumont RCMP executed a search warrant at a home within the Royal Oak Subdivision of Leduc County and seized an extra Ferrari. The automotive was additionally reported stolen from Ontario earlier within the yr, police stated, and given a brand new fraudulent VIN quantity and re-registered in Alberta.

“The mixed worth of the 2 autos, a 2017 Ferrari 488 and a 2023 Ferrari F8 Tributo, is almost $1 million,” police stated.

Edmonton resident, Sheldon Gaspard Poirier, 31, is charged with 4 counts of possession of property obtained by crime, unlawful possession of presidency paperwork, possession of a weapon opposite to order, failure to adjust to launch circumstances, and fraudulent concealment.

Vicky Mander, 35, additionally a  resident of Edmonton, has been charged with two counts of fraudulent concealment and two counts of uttering a solid doc.

Police stated Poirier will stay in police custody whereas Mander has since been launched. They each are scheduled to look in Leduc courtroom Thursday.

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