SURREY – Two Metro Vancouver residents have been charged with fraud for an alleged scheme at local casinos that accumulated $45,000 in proceeds.

British Columbia’s Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit says in a statement that they began an investigation in April after reports of fraudulent transactions at multiple casinos in the Lower Mainland.

Police say the alleged scheme obtained about $45,000 over a two-week period between mid-March and April, although the details surrounding the fraud have not been released.

The BC Prosecution Service then approved fraud charges against 50-year-old Yu Ju Lu of White Rock and 39-year-old Inderjit Singh of New Westminster, both of whom have turned themselves in to police.

Police say one of the suspects had been working at a casino in New Westmin

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