Montreal taxi fraud case nets 1 new arrest, 4 more suspects sought

Montreal police have arrested another man in connection with a taxi fraud case.

Yaacoub Sarraf, 28, was charged with fraud in Quebec court on Oct. 8, Montreal police confirmed on Thursday. Police are searching for four other men in the case.

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MohamadFadel, 33, andAymanHajjAli, 29, were charged in June in the same case.

The menare accused of using a special machine to skim customers' PIN, and then stealing the debit card while handing back a look-alike to the customer. The bank account linked to the real debit card was then drained.

Montreal police believethere may have been more than 150 alleged victims.