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PICKERING — Durham Regional Police are searching for a man who they say defrauded two senior citizens in separate incidents over the past two months.

Police say a 66-year-old man was pushing a shopping cart to his car outside Pacific Supermarket at Kingston and Liverpool Rds. in Pickering on June 16, when a man approached him holding up a $20 bill that he claimed the senior had dropped.

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Officers say the two men “fumbled” with the senior’s wallet as the suspect put the $20 bill inside it.

The 66-year-old later found his bank card was missing and that cash had been withdrawn from his account.

Police say they believe the suspect is one of two men who accused of committing a similar theft in Port Perry on July 5 in which an 83-year-old man found his wallet and car keys had been stolen after a younger man helped him put groceries in his car.

Officers describe the suspect as white, in his 30s or 40s, with dark hair and a beard.

The second suspect in the Port Perry incident is described as white, clean-shaven and in his 30s or 40s.