Police are encouraging anyone to file a complaint against a hair seller who allegedly caused dozens of victims in Quebec by collecting their money without delivering the goods.
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“We can’t investigate if we don’t have victims. We invite people to come to us to make a complaint and then there can be an investigation,” explains Agent Robin Pouliot, spokesman for the Service de Police de la Ville de Saint-Jérôme (SPVSJ).
Photo from the Mari TD Creations Facebook page
The Journal published a report Thursday morning about Marika Tremblay-Derosby, a Saint-Jérôme entrepreneur who is targeted by more than 40 clients who say she has been scammed.
Photo from the Mari TD Creations Facebook page
Up to $600
Photo from the Mari TD Creations Facebook page
Ms. Tremblay-Derosby is the director of Mari TD Créations. She sells and assembles dreads [tresses rasta]. Some of his victims are said to have lost as much as $600. They wanted to sound the alarm to prevent others from being trapped.
Photo from the Mari TD Creations Facebook page
Her plan is always the same, according to hundreds of text messages between the saleswoman and her customers consulted by Le Journal.
Internet users initially pay for their locks by Interac transfer. Marika Tremblay-Derosby then claims that the package went missing in the mail without ever providing a tracking number. Finally, the seller ignores the messages from the buyers and does not refund them.
“At least one folder”
However, Robin Pouliot confirms that at least one file relating to this case was found at the Mirabel City Police Department from last November.
“I can’t tell you whether it’s a complaint or not. But in Saint-Jérôme we don’t have anything at the moment, “he specifies.
Note that our requests for interviews with the Mirabel police on Thursday went unanswered.
Screenshot from the Mari TD Créations Facebook page
For her part, the owner of Mari TD Creations tried to justify herself on her Facebook page on Thursday. “I want to apologize to those I’ve disappointed. I will face the consequences,” says Ms Tremblay-Derosby, adding that she “blew it”.
The entrepreneur deleted many replies from her angry customers who wanted their money back. Marika Tremblay-Derosby eventually deleted this message less than an hour after it was posted.
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