A Nigerian woman, Deborah Oguntoyinbo, is currently being investigated In Canada for stealing the identities of over 20 women in the Toronto area in the last two years alone.

Described as one of the most prolific identity thieves ever encountered by the York Regional Police, Oguntoyinbo is also facing more than 50 fraud-related charges in Toronto as well as nearby York, Peel and Halton regions, according to court records.

The charges relate to the alleged thefts of identities belonging to at least 20 people since 2017 alone.

According to CBC News, Oguntoyinbo was arrested on June 29 when she tried to flee a luxury condominium complex in Markham, north of Toronto, after being suspected of fraud.

Oguntoyinbo allegedly tried to rent the condo using the name Natalia Bozic.

Bozic, 24, a self-employed esthetician from Mississauga, Ont., says that someone used her personal information to get into her bank account, apply for loans and credit cards, change all her passwords and wreak havoc on her life.

She says she first noticed something was amiss when she couldn’t log in to her RBC online banking account this past summer.

“It was June 10th, and it told me to call the phone number listed. So I called them, and they told me to come into the bank.”

The bank told her $1,200 was stolen from her account.

That was just the beginning.

“They investigated and they put my account on freeze,” she said, and assured her “nobody can put money in and nobody can take money out.”

Yet, two days later someone walked into an RBC branch on Don Mills Rd. in Toronto and passed a teller a fake driver’s licence with Bozic’s name and correct licence number.

Bozic said the RBC teller issued the person a new bank card linked to Bozic’s bank account.

Bozic believes the bank also provided the person with her social insurance number.

That’s when the alleged crimes became more brazen and widespread.

Someone “reset passwords, reset security questions, reset my phone to a new phone number, created a new email address so I don’t get notified my [banking] password changed.”

Twice more, money was drained from Bozic’s account. Some was sent to a bank account in Vancouver. In all, about $4,000 went missing, according to bank records.

Over the next five days, someone using Bozic’s driver’s licence and SIN applied for at least 20 bank loans, car loans and credit cards from financial institutions across the country.

On June 17, someone accessed her Fido mobile phone account. Her phone number was changed, new phones were purchased, and Bozic was billed $2,000.

Someone also changed the passwords to her social media accounts.

Then, on June 19, Bozic received a letter from Scotiabank.

“It said, congratulations, I had leased a Range Rover,” she said.

“Well, I was just thinking, what’s next?” Bozic said. “They have my SIN number for life, they have my driver’s licence for life. They have all the stuff to keep it going.”

Police in at least four Toronto-area jurisdictions have filed identity theft-related charges against Oguntoyinbo.

Peel police, just west of Toronto, wouldn’t comment on their investigation. But court records reveal Oguntoyinbo is accused of stealing the identities of two people there.

Police in Halton, further west, have accused her of stealing the identities of 11 people.

Toronto police say they have two outstanding arrest warrants for Oguntoyinbo in connection with the thefts of two identities and other frauds.

In York region, north of Toronto, police allege she stole four identities.

As part of their most recent investigation, York Regional Police obtained a search warrant for a condo complex at 50 Forest Manor Rd. in Toronto.

Inside the 22nd-floor condo investigators found printers and paper stock they say Oguntoyinbo used to create fake certified cheques using others’ names.

She allegedly used some of those cheques to buy a Mercedes Benz and a BMW.

They also seized numerous forged drivers’ licences, social insurance numbers and passports in the names of other people.

In 2017, Oguntoyinbo was charged with 19 fraud-related offences. She was sentenced to jail twice, the harshest sentence being 90 days.

She is currently behind bars as the latest round of charges work their way through court systems in the four jurisdictions.

Her only online presence appears to be photos posted on the website starnow.ca, a site used by actors, models and musicians looking for work.

According to federal bankruptcy records and provincial databases Oguntoyinbo has no assets or liens registered in her name.

CBC News has learned police have a list of aliases they believe Oguntoyinbo has used to allegedly commit crimes. They include: Debra Omolade Oguntoyinbo, Deborah Ololade Oguntoyinbo, Kayla Wright, Julia Engio, Dzoya Trotman, Jessica Wright
and Ashley Bailey.

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