Terrelle Talbot is wanted by police after he defrauded four local banks using the same fake coin scam.

According to reports, on Friday, December 20, 2019, Talbot walked into a TD Bank in Ajax and exchanged 20 paper rolls of $2 coins for cash. A short time later, metal washers were located inside the rolls, with $2 coins facing out at each end. Similar scams were run at a BMO bank in Whitby on June 29, 2019; a TD bank in Oshawa on May 13, 2019; and at a different TD branch in Oshawa on March 22, 2019.

Talbot is currently wanted throughout Canada on 22 outstanding warrants including some in BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC and NS. His most recent offense occurred in Toronto on January 17 2020.

Police are encouraging the man to contact a lawyer and turn himself in.

Terrelle Talbot, age 44, is wanted in Durham Region for Fraud Under $5,000 and Utter Metal Resembling Coin.

Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts is asked to contact the Durham Regional Police Service and speak to D/Cst. Burns at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2676.

Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a $2,000 cash reward.