Edmonton police warn of providing too much information in obituaries

Mar 15, 2019 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Edmonton police are warning people to be cautious about how much they include in a family member’s obituary. Police said they are investigating a case where one person is accused of using obituary information to commit around 110...

Calgary police look to identify 4 suspects in $200k Canada-wide bitcoin fraud

March 13, 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Calgary police are looking to the public to help identify four men suspected in a $200,000 bitcoin fraud that included attacks in seven Canadian cities. The Calgary Police Service cybercrime team's investigation began in...

Conviction upheld in Court of Appeal ruling – One of three involved in fraud was lawyer

Mar. 12, 2019 ( Courtesy of lawtimesnews.com )- The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and sentence of the third defendant in an unusual scheme where a Toronto lawyer and two other men committed a nearly $2-million fraud against RBC to purchase...

Key players charged in $200 million psychic mail fraud case

Mar. 12, 2019 (Courtesy of CNN.com) - Two people have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for their roles in one of the biggest consumer scams in history, according to court documents unsealed this week. Canadian citizens Maria Thanos and Philip Lett...

Man arrested in alleged fraudulent auto insurance scam

Mar. 5, 2018 (Courtesy of The Canadian Press ) - Ontario Provincial Police are issuing a warning after arresting a man for allegedly selling fake auto insurance. They say they arrested 38-year-old Sherif Aly in February and charged him with two counts each of fraud...

Investor Notices

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

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

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...

Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court

Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - Five men accused in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme have had all charges against them stayed because of a shortage of judges in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice. Earlier this year, a judge attempting to set a...

PRESS RELEASE – April Vuong and Hao Quach, of Systematech Solutions Inc, Ordered to Stand Trial on Criminal Fraud Charges

PRESS RELEASE – April Vuong and Hao Quach, of Systematech Solutions Inc, Ordered to Stand Trial on Criminal Fraud Charges

June 11,2018 - At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery experts should be aware of. The following is...

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 Deborah McCoy | 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 Deborah McCoy | 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...

Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court

Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court

by Deborah McCoy | Jul 24, 2018

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - Five men accused in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme have had all charges against them stayed because of a shortage of judges in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice. Earlier this year, a judge attempting to set a...

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Investment Fraud

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...

Niagara regional police charge woman after alleged ODSP fraud of more than $150,000

Feb. 15, 2019 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - Niagara regional police have charged a women with fraud, alleging the sum she acquired is over $153,000. Police say they began their investigation in July 2018 after they were contacted by the Niagara Region office of...

Fraud cases reported to police skyrocketing in Edmonton

Dec. 12, 2018 (Courtesy of o.canada.com ) - Incidents of fraud reported to police in Edmonton continue to climb year-over-year, peaking last year at close to 7,000 cases, new police data released Wednesday shows. Over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017, fraud...

Coast Capital Savings Warns of Text and Email Scams Making the Rounds

December 6, 2018 - Coast Capital Savings is warning its credit union members of phishing scams, circulating via text message and email. Messages claim to be from the credit union, but of course are fake, in an effort to extra personal banking data and information. The...

Financial adviser ‘manipulated’ brain injured senior into lending him $200K, police allege

Nov. 13, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A Winnipeg financial adviser is under police investigation for allegedly manipulating his cognitively impaired 78-year-old client into lending him $200,000 under "false pretence," according to documents filed in court....

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

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...

Niagara regional police charge woman after alleged ODSP fraud of more than $150,000

Niagara regional police charge woman after alleged ODSP fraud of more than $150,000

Feb. 15, 2019 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - Niagara regional police have charged a women with fraud, alleging the sum she acquired is over $153,000. Police say they began their investigation in July 2018 after they were contacted by the Niagara Region office of...

Fraud cases reported to police skyrocketing in Edmonton

Fraud cases reported to police skyrocketing in Edmonton

Dec. 12, 2018 (Courtesy of o.canada.com ) - Incidents of fraud reported to police in Edmonton continue to climb year-over-year, peaking last year at close to 7,000 cases, new police data released Wednesday shows. Over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017, fraud...

Coast Capital Savings Warns of Text and Email Scams Making the Rounds

Coast Capital Savings Warns of Text and Email Scams Making the Rounds

December 6, 2018 - Coast Capital Savings is warning its credit union members of phishing scams, circulating via text message and email. Messages claim to be from the credit union, but of course are fake, in an effort to extra personal banking data and information. The...

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

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

Feb 26, 2019

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...

Niagara regional police charge woman after alleged ODSP fraud of more than $150,000

Niagara regional police charge woman after alleged ODSP fraud of more than $150,000

Feb 15, 2019

Feb. 15, 2019 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - Niagara regional police have charged a women with fraud, alleging the sum she acquired is over $153,000. Police say they began their investigation in July 2018 after they were contacted by the Niagara Region office of...

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Online Fraud

Calgary police look to identify 4 suspects in $200k Canada-wide bitcoin fraud

Calgary police look to identify 4 suspects in $200k Canada-wide bitcoin fraud

March 13, 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Calgary police are looking to the public to help identify four men suspected in a $200,000 bitcoin fraud that included attacks in seven Canadian cities. The Calgary Police Service cybercrime team's investigation began in...

How hackers take over your accounts using social engineering

How hackers take over your accounts using social engineering

Feb. 14, 2019 ( Courtesy CBC.ca) - In a recent segment on CBC's marketplace two ethical hackers explain the process of social engineering and how it is used to take control of your accounts. https://youtu.be/Ck_r2GYLdCI

Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products

Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products

Dec. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of ctvnews.ca) - Lisa LaFlamme is not quitting her job to sell skincare products. Neither is Marilyn Denis or Melissa Grelo. But bogus online ads using fake endorsements from several Canadian media personalities have left many shoppers...

Cyber crooks increasingly targeting home devices

Cyber crooks increasingly targeting home devices

Dec. 6, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - Cyber criminals are shifting their attention from traditional computers to internet-connected devices in Canadian homes, says the government's cyber security agency. In its cyber threat assessment for 2018, the newly created...

How hackers take over your accounts using social engineering

How hackers take over your accounts using social engineering

Feb. 14, 2019 ( Courtesy CBC.ca) - In a recent segment on CBC's marketplace two ethical hackers explain the process of social engineering and how it is used to take control of your accounts. https://youtu.be/Ck_r2GYLdCI

Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products

Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products

Dec. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of ctvnews.ca) - Lisa LaFlamme is not quitting her job to sell skincare products. Neither is Marilyn Denis or Melissa Grelo. But bogus online ads using fake endorsements from several Canadian media personalities have left many shoppers...

Cyber crooks increasingly targeting home devices

Cyber crooks increasingly targeting home devices

Dec. 6, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - Cyber criminals are shifting their attention from traditional computers to internet-connected devices in Canadian homes, says the government's cyber security agency. In its cyber threat assessment for 2018, the newly created...

OCS warns customers of data accessed in Canada Post breach

OCS warns customers of data accessed in Canada Post breach

Nov. 7, 2018 ( Courtesy of citynews.ca) - The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said the shipping information of some of its customers was accessed by an outside source through the Canada Post delivery tracking tool. In a letter sent to the customers on Wednesday, the OCS...

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Mortgage Fraud

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...

Alberta RCMP lay charges in multimillion-dollar fraud case

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...

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 firm that raised funds for Fortress halts operations: FMP advises clients it is surrendering brokerage licence after several developments that have had negative impact

April 27, 2018 ( Courtesy of Globeandmail.com) - A mortgage brokerage firm that raised millions from investors to finance projects for Fortress Real Developments Inc. has notified clients that it is going out of business. FMP Mortgage Investments Inc. sent a letter to...

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...

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

Edmonton man charged in $5.5 million Ponzi scheme

Jul 24, 2018

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...

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Romance & Relationship Fraud

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...

Police seeking Grindr fraudster accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Metro Vancouver men

Police seeking Grindr fraudster accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Metro Vancouver men

Christian Michael Lee Richardson has been charged with fraud, theft offences April 23,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - West Vancouver police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect accused of defrauding men he met on a dating app. Christian Michael Lee Richardson, 39,...