Two men from Montreal have been charged by Calgary police in connection with a ‘black money' fraud.
In May, two men visited Glenmore Sailboats, claiming they were refugees from Sierra Leone.
They said they wanted to make a cash purchase of two sailboats priced at $100,000.
The suspects said that they would not be able to transport the money into Canada without first disguising it as plain white or black paper.
They showed staff at Glenmore Sailboats that the paper could be washed with a chemical and the money would be revealed.
After demonstrating the process, the suspects promised to return with all the money disguised as plain notes.
Staff, becoming suspicious about the supposed deal, alerted police before the suspects returned.
As a result, police have arrested Robert Seyboe Garwai, 34, and Ignatius Dweh Topey, 41, of Montreal.
They have been charged with fraud over $5,000.
Typically, with ‘black money' scams, the victim is usually left with a bundle of plain paper that will not wash as per the demonstration.
