11-fraud-related charges have been laid against two men.
Windsor police say officers were called Monday, June 15 just after 10 a.m. to a report of a fraud in progress at a bank in the 3700 block of Tecumseh Road East.
According to police, a suspect attempted to open a bank account using fraudulent identification documents, including a passport and permanent resident card.
Police say when employees noticed the documents as fraudulent, the suspect fled the area on foot.
He was located by officers a short distance away and was arrested after a brief foot chase.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with fraud under $5,000, uttering a forged document, possession of identity documents belonging to another person, uttering a forged passport, possession of a forged passport, and failure to comply with a release order.
The police service says about an hour later, officers responded to a similar fraud in progress at a bank in the 3800 block of Dougall Avenue.
Investigators say a male suspect had used a fake passport to try to open a bank account.
Officers arrested the man and seized a fraudulent passport along with two fake permanent resident cards.
A 26-year-old is charged with fraud under $5,000, uttering forged documents, possession of identity documents belonging to another person, uttering a forged passport, and causing a person to act on a forged passport.