Romanian Man Flees Canada After Fraudulent SUV Purchase

0:00It's March 26. This is Toronto News today, your AI-powered local news. Durham Regional Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a 26-year-old Romanian man named Ionat Giorge. He's accused of using fake identification to buy a brand-new 2000 24-hunday palisade from a dealership in Pickering. The trouble started last year in August 2024 when Gars showed up at the dealership with bogus documents. He drove off with the SUV after the deal went through, but soon stopped making any payments on it. Dealership staff grew suspicious and called police earlier this year in July 2025. They reported the whole thing as fraud and investigators quickly pieced together what happened. Now police have tracked the vehicle to an export company, but it's vanished. Giorge has fled the country, facing charges like fraud over $5,000, making false statements to get property and possessing stolen. Goods worth more than $5,000.

1:01Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward as the search continues across Canada and beyond.