A young Whitby man has been arrested by Durham Regional Police and charged with fraud and laundering the proceeds of crime between July 2020 and July 2022.

Aiden Pleterski allegedly ran a $41.5-million Ponzi scheme.

 

 

Police first started getting complaints nearly 2-years ago about investment fraud involving a male from the Whitby-area, and later became aware of another person, who also claimed to be generating large profits through ”savvy investments.”

It’s alleged a 27-year-old associate was also involved in the scheme.

Durham Police Chief Peter Moreira, officers from the service’s financial crime unit and members of the Ontario Securities Commission will have more to share at a news conference Thursday about ”Project Swan.”