292 more charges laid against Hamilton ‘fraudster couple’

A Hamilton couple previously arrested for allegedly victimizing at least 100 people are now facing more than a hundred additional fraud-related charges.

Back in January, Bobbi-Jo Reichheld, 34, and Joshua Virag, 31, were arrested at Reichheld’s east Mountain home. The couple was charged with a combined 141 fraud and identity theft-related charges following a year-long investigation by Hamilton police.

On Wednesday, police say they obtained a warrant to examine electronic devices that were seized during the arrests and identified personal and banking information for an additional 162 victims.

“These victims suffered bank account takeovers, fraudulent transactions on their credit cards, loans and other credit obtained in their names,’ said Hamilton police in a news release.

Reichheld and Virag now face 152 new counts of identity theft, 78 counts of identity fraud, 23 counts of fraud under $5,000, 11 counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, three counts each of unauthorized use of a credit card and possession of counterfeit mark, and one count each of mischief to property over $5,000 and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000.

Virag is also facing 20 additional charges of identity theft and fraud.

Reichheld is scheduled to appear in court on June 11 and Virag is expected to appear on April 30.

Hamilton police are reminding the public that if you learn your bank account or credit card account has been compromised, to call the police and file a report.

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