August 24 , 2006 -- On Wednesday, August 23, 2006, members of the Toronto Strategic Partnership arrested a man for a multi-million dollar advertising directory scam.

The Toronto Strategic Partnership is a multi-law enforcement agency response to Mass Marketing Fraud.  It includes the TPS Fraud Squad, Ontario Provincial, Ontario Provincial Police, PhoneBusters, York Regional police Service, RCMP-GTS Commercial Crime Section, Ministry of Government Services, Competition Bureau, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, Federal Trade Commission and the U.K. Office of Fair Trading.

It is alleged that:

-a scheme originating in the Greater Toronto Area involved the mass mailing of fraudulent invoices to unsuspecting victims' companies for advertising they had not requested,

-numerous complaints were received by the Competition Bureau, PhoneBusters National Call Centre, The Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau relating to the fraudulent invoicing scheme targeting citizens in the United States and Europe,

-these fraudulent invoices were mailed out to businesses in the hopes that they would be inadvertently paid by the victim,

-in all of the reported cases, the victims were lead to believe that they had to pay the invoiced amount for advertisements in several business directories,

-victims indicated that they paid by cheque and remitted the funds to addresses in the Greater Toronto area.

William George Fisk, 55, of no fixed address, is charged with Fraud Over $5000.

He is scheduled to appear in College park Courts, room 501, on Thursday, August 24, 2006 at 10 a.m.

The accused is known to have many aliases.

He is wanted by the U.S. Marshals for a Probation Violation in the State of Minnesota regarding Mail Fraud and tow counts of Make False Statement under the alias, Michael Robert Petreikis.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7300, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.222tips.com.