Police have charged a man following an alleged theft and deception involving the supply of firewood in Kangaroo Flat.
It is alleged approximately $30,000 of firewood was sold to a victim in south-western Victoria in October and the product never supplied.
It is also alleged the man convinced a business owner to deliver approximately $9000 of wood to a third party for which he was never paid.
The man is also alleged to have misrepresented himself to obtain approximately $1000 worth of tools.
A warrant was executed on Friday 9 December and a Toyota Hilux, suspected as being the proceeds of crime, was seized.
The 20-year-old Kangaroo Flat man was arrested and charged with four counts of obtain property by deception.
He has been bailed to appear before Bendigo Magistrates' Court on 1 February 2023.
