An auto mechanic has been given an eight-month conditional sentence with home arrest and should pay again practically $30,000 after pretending to be a UBC dental scholar with the intention to get a scholar line of credit score value $350,000.

In 2019, the mechanic utilized for the scholar line of credit score from Royal Financial institution in Burnaby. This line of credit score was solely out there to medical and dental college students. He solid a letter saying he was enrolled within the UBC dental drugs program and acquired the road of credit score.

He withdrew $30,000 earlier than being charged with fraud and utilizing a solid doc three years later. The mechanic has pleaded responsible and been sentenced to “an eight-month conditional sentence with home arrest, 10 hours of group work and an order to pay RBC again $29,167.09,” reported Richmond Information.

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