Sûreté du Québec arrest a dozen suspects in counterfeiting, fraud ring

A dozen persons were arrested Tuesday as provincial police launched a series of Montreal-area raids aimed at breaking an alleged fraud and counterfeiting ring aimed at government and financial institutions.
The operation, dubbed Projet Optique, contends the criminal network also had accomplices in certain of the institutions targeted.
The investigation, launched in 2016 by the Sûreté du Québec, alleges that the suspects engaged in identity theft. The high-quality counterfeiti