After ethics commissioner report on SNC-Lavalin affair, opposition calls on RCMP to investigate

Ottawa (August 15, 2019) – Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion explained in his report about the SNC-Lavalin affair on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contravened Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act. On the same day, the RCMP stated that they are...

City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M

Saskatoon (August 16, 2019) – The City of Saskatoon has paid $1.04 million to a fraudster after falling for an identity theft scheme. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told media on August 15 that the city is now focusing on the recovery of the taxpayer’s money. The city...

Tens of millions of users possibly affected by BioStar 2 Data Breach

(August 15, 2019) – Security researchers have found database containing unprotected biometrics including fingerprints and facial recognition images as well as passwords and other personal data leaked on the internet. On August 5, a total of over 27.8 million records,...

Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments

Saskatoon (August 14, 2019) – The Saskatoon Police are warning the public of a new wire fraud scam that targets the direct deposit information of employees. The scam involves the fraudsters reaching out directly to the Human Resources department of the target employee...

Former employee defrauds County of Lethbridge of $49,000

Lethbridge (August 14, 2019) – Brandi Leanne Doucette allegedly defrauded the County of Lethbridge of $49,000 between 2016 and 2019, according to the Lethbridge Police. The 40-year-old has been charged for theft and fraud. Doucette was employed by the municipality at...

Information Wanted

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then published those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 26, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 26, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, securities regulators, and...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators and...

Information Wanted on Fraudster Steven Mann of Due Process Legal Services and ZHM Recruitment Group

Information Wanted on Fraudster Steven Mann of Due Process Legal Services and ZHM Recruitment Group

by Marina Burghard | Jan 8, 2019

Jan 8, 2018 - At Canadian Fraud News Inc. we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud that are not reported in main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery experts should be aware of. The following is...

Wanted Financial Information on Rohit Ablacksingh, also known as Roy Singh, to Recover from a CPLT20 Cricket Scheme Fraud against a Singapore Doctor

Wanted Financial Information on Rohit Ablacksingh, also known as Roy Singh, to Recover from a CPLT20 Cricket Scheme Fraud against a Singapore Doctor

by Marina Burghard | Jan 7, 2019

January 7, 2018 - Investigation Counsel PC, Fraud Recovery Lawyers, counsel for the victim, is requesting financial information from anyone having dealings with Rohit Ablacksingh, also known as Roy Singh, date of birth January 23, 1968 (50 years old) of Casa Nova...

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Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then published those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 26, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 26, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, securities regulators, and...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators and...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019

by Marina Burghard | Aug 9, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then published those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019

by Admin | May 28, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators...

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019

by Marina Burghard | Apr 15, 2019

At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators and...

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Investment Fraud

Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud

Toronto (August 12, 2019) – Derek Scheinman was arrested in relation to a $20 million mortgage investment fraud, according to the York Regional Police. He is charged with defrauding the public, fraud over $5,000, possession of the proceeds of crime, laundering...

Waterloo Police warns of counterfeit currency after receiving several reports of victims

Waterloo (July 29, 2019) – Waterloo Regional Police warns of counterfeit currency. Since January 2019, 205 incidents involving counterfeit money being passed as currency were reported to the WRP. Most of the time, $20, $50 and $100 bills were in question. The fake...

Two men arrested in Toronto for alleged Ponzi scheme that took in nearly $1 million

Toronto (July 19, 2019) – Toronto Police service arrested John James Illidge, 66, on July 12, and Vincent Philips, 74, on July 16 jointly for 18 charges containing fraud, theft, and launder proceeds of crime. In January 2018, the Ponzi scheme fraud investigation...

Norman Groot Discusses Fraud Recovery On the Wolf Of Bay Street

Mar.28, 2019 - Recently, Norman Groot of Investigation Counsel PC, visited the Wolf of Bay Street, Wolfgang Klein, to discuss fraud recovery litigation and share some of his previous fraud recovery stories. Listen to the full interview below.

Calgary duo fined millions in one of the ‘worst frauds perpetrated in Alberta’ Social Sharing

Feb. 26, 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - The Alberta Securities Commission has ordered a man and a woman to pay millions after orchestrating what it says "was among the worst frauds perpetrated in Alberta." Arnold Breitkreutz, his company, Base Finance Ltd., and...

Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud

Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud

Toronto (August 12, 2019) – Derek Scheinman was arrested in relation to a $20 million mortgage investment fraud, according to the York Regional Police. He is charged with defrauding the public, fraud over $5,000, possession of the proceeds of crime, laundering...

Waterloo Police warns of counterfeit currency after receiving several reports of victims

Waterloo Police warns of counterfeit currency after receiving several reports of victims

Waterloo (July 29, 2019) – Waterloo Regional Police warns of counterfeit currency. Since January 2019, 205 incidents involving counterfeit money being passed as currency were reported to the WRP. Most of the time, $20, $50 and $100 bills were in question. The fake...

Two men arrested in Toronto for alleged Ponzi scheme that took in nearly $1 million

Two men arrested in Toronto for alleged Ponzi scheme that took in nearly $1 million

Toronto (July 19, 2019) – Toronto Police service arrested John James Illidge, 66, on July 12, and Vincent Philips, 74, on July 16 jointly for 18 charges containing fraud, theft, and launder proceeds of crime. In January 2018, the Ponzi scheme fraud investigation...

Norman Groot Discusses Fraud Recovery On the Wolf Of Bay Street

Norman Groot Discusses Fraud Recovery On the Wolf Of Bay Street

Mar.28, 2019 - Recently, Norman Groot of Investigation Counsel PC, visited the Wolf of Bay Street, Wolfgang Klein, to discuss fraud recovery litigation and share some of his previous fraud recovery stories. Listen to the full interview below.

Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud

Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud

Aug 12, 2019

Toronto (August 12, 2019) – Derek Scheinman was arrested in relation to a $20 million mortgage investment fraud, according to the York Regional Police. He is charged with defrauding the public, fraud over $5,000, possession of the proceeds of crime, laundering...

Waterloo Police warns of counterfeit currency after receiving several reports of victims

Waterloo Police warns of counterfeit currency after receiving several reports of victims

Jul 29, 2019

Waterloo (July 29, 2019) – Waterloo Regional Police warns of counterfeit currency. Since January 2019, 205 incidents involving counterfeit money being passed as currency were reported to the WRP. Most of the time, $20, $50 and $100 bills were in question. The fake...

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Online Fraud

City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M

City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M

Saskatoon (August 16, 2019) – The City of Saskatoon has paid $1.04 million to a fraudster after falling for an identity theft scheme. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told media on August 15 that the city is now focusing on the recovery of the taxpayer’s money. The city...

Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments

Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments

Saskatoon (August 14, 2019) – The Saskatoon Police are warning the public of a new wire fraud scam that targets the direct deposit information of employees. The scam involves the fraudsters reaching out directly to the Human Resources department of the target employee...

Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One

Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One

Vancouver (August 07, 2019) – The Vancouver law firm Charney Lawyers launched a class-action lawsuit against Capital One as a consequence of the massive data breach earlier this year according to CTV News. Since March 2019, a hacker was in possession of the personal...

Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause

Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause

Calgary (August 07, 2019) – Calgary YouTuber Ben Perrin exposed an attempted bitcoin fraudster on Instagram. The scammer reached out to him with a too good to be true Bitcoin investment offer on Monday. He convinced the fraudster to send him US$50, which he donated to...

City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M

City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M

Saskatoon (August 16, 2019) – The City of Saskatoon has paid $1.04 million to a fraudster after falling for an identity theft scheme. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told media on August 15 that the city is now focusing on the recovery of the taxpayer’s money. The city...

Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments

Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments

Saskatoon (August 14, 2019) – The Saskatoon Police are warning the public of a new wire fraud scam that targets the direct deposit information of employees. The scam involves the fraudsters reaching out directly to the Human Resources department of the target employee...

Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One

Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One

Vancouver (August 07, 2019) – The Vancouver law firm Charney Lawyers launched a class-action lawsuit against Capital One as a consequence of the massive data breach earlier this year according to CTV News. Since March 2019, a hacker was in possession of the personal...

Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause

Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause

Calgary (August 07, 2019) – Calgary YouTuber Ben Perrin exposed an attempted bitcoin fraudster on Instagram. The scammer reached out to him with a too good to be true Bitcoin investment offer on Monday. He convinced the fraudster to send him US$50, which he donated to...

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Mortgage Fraud

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Calgary (July 25, 2019) – Giovanni Bartolotti has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and to pay restitution of $161,665 for mortgage and vehicle sale fraud. Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston and defense counsel Peter Hoare offered a joint submission to the Court...

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Jan. 9, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca)- B.C. financial authorities have identified a woman accused of acting as a 'shadow' mortgage broker by feeding altered tax documents to licensed professionals on behalf of dozens of people who wouldn't otherwise qualify for loans. The...

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Edmonton police say they have uncovered a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of fraudulent mortgage loans. Police allege Timothy Carruthers facilitated 257 fraudulent bridge mortgage loans worth a total of $5.5...

Allegations of inflated property values at centre of RCMP syndicated mortgage fraud investigation

Allegations of inflated property values at centre of RCMP syndicated mortgage fraud investigation

July 19, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) -Inflated property values and the promotion of non-qualifying investments as being RRSP-eligible are some of the key allegations made by the RCMP in a search warrant application it filed to authorize an April raid on six Toronto-area...

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Calgary (July 25, 2019) – Giovanni Bartolotti has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and to pay restitution of $161,665 for mortgage and vehicle sale fraud. Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston and defense counsel Peter Hoare offered a joint submission to the Court...

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Jan. 9, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca)- B.C. financial authorities have identified a woman accused of acting as a 'shadow' mortgage broker by feeding altered tax documents to licensed professionals on behalf of dozens of people who wouldn't otherwise qualify for loans. The...

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Edmonton police say they have uncovered a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of fraudulent mortgage loans. Police allege Timothy Carruthers facilitated 257 fraudulent bridge mortgage loans worth a total of $5.5...

Allegations of inflated property values at centre of RCMP syndicated mortgage fraud investigation

July 19, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) -Inflated property values and the promotion of non-qualifying investments as being RRSP-eligible are some of the key allegations made by the RCMP in a search warrant application it filed to authorize an April raid on six Toronto-area...

Alberta RCMP lay charges in multimillion-dollar fraud case

May 29, 2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - RCMP have arrested and charged two people in a multi-million dollar fraud case involving hundreds of investors in Alberta. Investigators say two people in Calgary that operated a company called Base Finance Ltd. raised...

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Jul 25, 2019

Calgary (July 25, 2019) – Giovanni Bartolotti has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and to pay restitution of $161,665 for mortgage and vehicle sale fraud. Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston and defense counsel Peter Hoare offered a joint submission to the Court...

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Jan 9, 2019

Jan. 9, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca)- B.C. financial authorities have identified a woman accused of acting as a 'shadow' mortgage broker by feeding altered tax documents to licensed professionals on behalf of dozens of people who wouldn't otherwise qualify for loans. The...

Consumer Fraud

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Mortgage and vehicle sale fraud brings remorseful fraudster five-year prison term

Calgary (July 25, 2019) – Giovanni Bartolotti has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and to pay restitution of $161,665 for mortgage and vehicle sale fraud. Crown prosecutor Steven Johnston and defense counsel Peter Hoare offered a joint submission to the Court...

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Alleged ‘shadow’ mortgage broker implicated in dozens of shady deals

Jan. 9, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca)- B.C. financial authorities have identified a woman accused of acting as a 'shadow' mortgage broker by feeding altered tax documents to licensed professionals on behalf of dozens of people who wouldn't otherwise qualify for loans. The...

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Edmonton police say they have uncovered a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of fraudulent mortgage loans. Police allege Timothy Carruthers facilitated 257 fraudulent bridge mortgage loans worth a total of $5.5...

Allegations of inflated property values at centre of RCMP syndicated mortgage fraud investigation

Allegations of inflated property values at centre of RCMP syndicated mortgage fraud investigation

July 19, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) -Inflated property values and the promotion of non-qualifying investments as being RRSP-eligible are some of the key allegations made by the RCMP in a search warrant application it filed to authorize an April raid on six Toronto-area...

Man charged with fraud as a result of investigation into bogus internet tower installations

Township of Alnwick-Haldimand (August 12, 2019) – Brian O’Donaghue has been charged with fraud after allegedly offering to install internet towers in the Township of Alnwick-Haldimand. The 29-year old is facing charges of fraud over $5,000, Global News reports. Two...

B.C. boat dealership under fraud investigation, victims encouraged to come forward

Surrey (August 09, 2019) – The Surrey boat dealership Breakwater Marine is under a fraud investigation. The RCMP’s Economic Crime Unit arrested one person and seized numerous boats while executing a search warrant, police said on Twitter. The authorities believe there...

Oblique Toronto contractor sentenced to almost four years in prison for defrauding customers

Toronto (July 30, 2019) – Adam Gardin was sentenced to almost four years in prison under Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act on July 26, 2019. He was also ordered to pay more than $850,000 in restitution according to the Ontario Provincial Offences court. Furthermore,...

Police warn of SIM-swapping scam after three incidents in Edmonton

Mar. 27 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - As Fraud Prevention Month draws to a close, Edmonton police are warning of a new scam that recently popped up in the city: SIM swapping. SIM cards, also known as subscriber identification modules, are used by cellphone carriers to...

Support worker who stole from the elderly arrested again for fraud, theft: police

Feb. 37, 2019 - A Burlington personal support worker who was already facing charges for stealing from elderly, police say, has been re-arrested for fraud and theft. The woman was taken into custody on Feb. 20 and charged with fraud under $5,000, two counts of...

Man charged with fraud as a result of investigation into bogus internet tower installations

Man charged with fraud as a result of investigation into bogus internet tower installations

Aug 13, 2019

Township of Alnwick-Haldimand (August 12, 2019) – Brian O’Donaghue has been charged with fraud after allegedly offering to install internet towers in the Township of Alnwick-Haldimand. The 29-year old is facing charges of fraud over $5,000, Global News reports. Two...

Oblique Toronto contractor sentenced to almost four years in prison for defrauding customers

Oblique Toronto contractor sentenced to almost four years in prison for defrauding customers

Jul 30, 2019

Toronto (July 30, 2019) – Adam Gardin was sentenced to almost four years in prison under Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act on July 26, 2019. He was also ordered to pay more than $850,000 in restitution according to the Ontario Provincial Offences court. Furthermore,...

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Romance & Relationship Fraud

Edmonton woman seduced into $250,000 romance scam

Edmonton woman seduced into $250,000 romance scam

Edmonton (July 31, 2019) – Evelyn Wichmann was the victim of romance fraud. A man which she met on an internet dating site seduced her into paying $250,000 and finally drove the 62-year-old receptionist into financial ruin, CBC reports. Edmonton police investigate the...

No. 1 scam: Romance fraud cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018

No. 1 scam: Romance fraud cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018

The No. 1 scam in Canada in 2018 was Romance fraud. It cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018

Nigerian Man Living In Canada Receives 14 Years In U.S. Prison For Leading Fraud Ring

Nigerian Man Living In Canada Receives 14 Years In U.S. Prison For Leading Fraud Ring

July 31, 2018 - A Nigerian man must serve 14 years in a U.S. prison for leading a fraud ring that prosecutors in Texas say laundered $3.5 million from hundreds of victims. Ochuko Sylvester Eruotor was sentenced Friday in Austin. The 42-year-old Eruotor, who lived in...

Man allegedly convinced woman he met online to give him cash and gifts worth $100K

Man allegedly convinced woman he met online to give him cash and gifts worth $100K

May 2, 2018 (Courtesy of CP24.com) - A 47-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly convincing a woman he met online last year to give him cash and gifts amounting to more than $100,000. According to investigators, the pair met on an online dating...

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