Woman busted for frauding Toronto business owners

Toronto - Saying she had a rich dad in China a woman has been arrested with seven fraud charges after befriending area business owners and fleecing them.

It is alleged that the suspect targeted business owners in Toronto. Presenting herself as a wealthy woman she would befriend the owners telling them that her father as a successful Chinese businessman looking for business partners. The woman would then tell the victims that because of large amounts of money transferred to her father her accounts had been frozen by the bank. she would ask for a cash loan with the promise that she would pay them back as soon as her accounts were released giving the victims cheques for payback. Victims found out that those cheques were from a closed bank account. The suspect then refused to pay any money to the victims. Ze Zhang, 28, of Toronto, has been charged with two accounts of fraud over $5,000, attempted fraud over $5,000, two counts of impersonation with intent, misleading receipt and conspiracy to commit indictable offence.