Couple who once posted baby on Craigslist charged with Winnipeg fraud
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VANCOUVER — A Vancouver couple, who offered to sell their baby in an online ad last year, have been charged for their alleged part in a Winnipeg credit card ring.
Winnipeg police allege the pair were part of a group that used stolen and forged credit cards to rack up about $80,000 in charges.
In total, seven people have been charged for a June 8 to July 16 spending spree, purchasing electronics, jewelry, limousine rides and airline tickets.
Among those arrested are Vancouver’s Jeremy Pete, 27, and Bethany Granholm, 25.
The pair made national headlines last year after Pete listed their week-old baby girl on the popular Craigslist website for $10,000. No charges were ever laid because the two claimed it was a “sick joke.”
In an interview last year, Granholm said Pete was “joking” when he posted the ad.
“I can guarantee you, he was not trying to sell our daughter,” she said at the time. “This has turned out to be one of the biggest mistakes he’s made in his life.”
She claimed she had no part in the controversial ad and had never planned on giving her daughter up. The two admitted they had “made mistakes” in their past but had since cleaned up.
Pete has previous convictions for car and property theft, obstruction and escape from lawful custody. Granholm has been convicted of fraud, property theft, possession of stolen credit cards and impersonation.
The latest alleged incident has Pete charged with breach of probation, personation and possession or use of forged credit cards and data.
Granholm has been charged with possession of goods obtained by crime, possession of forged credit cards and data and possession of instruments for forging credit cards.
The scheme unravelled thanks to a fellow criminal who broke into another scammer’s rental van, police said.
Police arrested Philip Kevin Zilber Curtin, 26, of Vancouver after finding credit card fraud equipment inside a van and hotel room. He has been charged with credit card fraud, possession of property obtained by crime and mischief under $5,000.
Curtin has also been charged with credit card fraud stemming from an incident in Prince George.
Lauren Brooks, 24, of B.C. has also been charged for her alleged role in the fraud ring.