Clairmont women faces 169 charges in counterfeit operation

Dec 12, 2019 | 2:42 PM

Four people are facing charges as a result of a property crime investigation in the Fairview area.

On December 6, the Western Alberta District Rural Crime Reduction Unit, RCMP Emergency Response Team, and Fairview RCMP detachment executed a search warrant on a rural Fairview address, where they discovered what is believed to be a large scale forgery and counterfeiting operation.

Personal identification, cheque books, passports, documents, and forged identification and cheques were all seized during the search.

Four people were apprehended, and the RCMP have charged Kailey Peterschein of Clairmont, Kristi Patricia from Grande Prairie, Marcus Moore of Spirit River and Peter Mares from Calgary with two possessions of stolen property each.

Peterschein is facing 163 additional charges:

• 46 counts of possession of a forged document

• 95 counts of fail to comply with conditions

• 8 counts of possessing government identification

• 6 counts of possession of counterfeit currency

• 5 counts of possession of stolen property

The accused were released with conditions after judicial hearings, except for Kailey Peterschein, who was remanded into custody.

The accused are scheduled to appear in Fairview Provincial Court on January 8, 2020.

Fairview RCMP are asking the public’s assistance for any information in relation to this investigation. Please contact Fairview RCMP at 780-835-4031 or your local police. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

by Shane Clausing