A 33-year-old London man wanted for allegedly counterfeiting Canadian and American money has turned himself into police.
Christopher Lee Pittman surrendered at London police headquarters on Dundas St. on Sunday. He had been wanted for possessing and making counterfeit money, and forgery.
The charges stem from a raid by police at a home on Highbury Ave. on January 26. Officers seized all the materials needed to make counterfeit U.S. $20, $50, and $100 bills, including a security seal stamp, a USB drive containing images of U.S. Federal Reserve banknotes with various serial numbers, and a suspected fake $100 bill. Police also turned up textured paper displaying U.S. Federal Reserve $50, $20, and $100 banknotes and suspected counterfeit LTC bus tickets.
The serial numbers on the items seized matches several counterfeit American $20 and $50 bills that have recently surfaced in the city, according to police.
Pittman is additionally charged with possessing and making counterfeit money in relation to a separate investigation involving Canadian currency that began last April.
