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Online fraud has a new name — and another, and another
I get so many scam emails, I spend more time blocking and filtering fraudulent ones than reading real ones. Dear Reader: Congratulations. You have...
As the value of Maud Lewis paintings soars, so does risk of fraud
Lack of expertise with art fraud in police, judicial systems part of problem, lawyer says. Some art experts are cautioning that the soaring value of...
As disabled Indian woman faces deportation, Canada minister clarifies on fake offer letter case
The Immigration Minister said, "Our focus is on identifying culprits, not penalizing victims. Victims of fraud will have an opportunity to...
As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives
As Elizabeth Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos...
Information Wanted
Urthurton Phiri of Edmonton Sentenced to 10 Months Jail for Gems Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 20, 2023, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a 10 month jail sentence imposed by Justice Creagh in Edmonton against Zimbabwe immigrant Urthurton Phiri. The 10 month jail sentence resulted from a $15,00 fraud related...
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
My Big Coin cryptocurrency firm founder gets 8 years in prison for fraud
The founder of a defunct cryptocurrency business was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by marketing a virtual currency called My Big Coin with lies and half-truths. Federal...
Pitfalls of an online marketplace: RNC wants people to inform police about potential online fraud cases
Recent case in St. John's court highlights pitfalls of online marketplaces. A provincial court judge has agreed to postpone — again — the sentencing of a St. John’s man found guilty of scamming people on Facebook Marketplace, though the judge was clear he wasn’t happy...
Police asking for help identifying person in Chatham-Kent fraud investigation
The Chatham-Kent Police Service is looking for the public’s assistance in identifying this person in relation to a fraud investigation. Police released a photo of a person wearing a black winter jacket, grey pants and black shoes. Anyone with information is asked to...
Peel police looking for 20-year-old accused of fraud
Peel police are looking for a 20-year-old man wanted on a charge of defrauding the public. From June to August, multiple victims across the Greater Toronto Area, including Peel, have reportedly lost thousands of dollars to a contractor who promised driveway repairs,...
Information Wanted on Aiden Pleterski and Mitchell Learning of Ajax, Ontario
The Toronto based law firm Investigation Counsel PC, Fraud Recovery Lawyers, is asking anyone who transferred funds to Aiden Pleterski of Whitby, Ontario, or had dealings with Mitchell Learning in the context of the foreign exchange investment scheme of Aiden Pleterski to contact them confidentially.
Crypto Currency Fraud
Urthurton Phiri of Edmonton Sentenced to 10 Months Jail for Gems Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 20, 2023, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a 10 month jail sentence imposed by Justice Creagh in Edmonton against Zimbabwe immigrant Urthurton Phiri. The 10 month jail sentence resulted from a $15,00 fraud related...
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
My Big Coin cryptocurrency firm founder gets 8 years in prison for fraud
The founder of a defunct cryptocurrency business was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by marketing a virtual currency called My Big Coin with lies and half-truths. Federal...
Pitfalls of an online marketplace: RNC wants people to inform police about potential online fraud cases
Recent case in St. John's court highlights pitfalls of online marketplaces. A provincial court judge has agreed to postpone — again — the sentencing of a St. John’s man found guilty of scamming people on Facebook Marketplace, though the judge was clear he wasn’t happy...
Chathan-Kent Area company’s assets frozen amid investor fears money lost
A judge has frozen the assets of a Chatham-Kent investment company amid a proposed $5-million lawsuit alleging its actions cost investors millions. Among the allegations, not yet tested in court, is that Banknote Capital Inc., kept soliciting money from new investors...
Toronto police recover ‘significant portion’ of $400,000 cryptocurrency scam
Toronto police have recovered a ‘significant portion’ of what is alleged to be a $400,000 cryptocurrency scam. According to police, a Toronto man filed a complaint to report that he and his wife had been scammed out of $400,000 in a cryptocurrency investment scheme....
Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King kidnapped, beaten for ransom, bankruptcy documents claim
Aiden Pleterski’s lawyer has not commented on latest allegations. An alleged kidnapping, duped investors and losses topping $40 million — those are some of the newest details emerging as authorities try to unravel what Canada's self-proclaimed Crypto King did with the...
Breaking Court Decisions
Urthurton Phiri of Edmonton Sentenced to 10 Months Jail for Gems Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 20, 2023, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a 10 month jail sentence imposed by Justice Creagh in Edmonton against Zimbabwe immigrant Urthurton Phiri. The 10 month jail sentence resulted from a $15,00 fraud related...
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
My Big Coin cryptocurrency firm founder gets 8 years in prison for fraud
The founder of a defunct cryptocurrency business was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by marketing a virtual currency called My Big Coin with lies and half-truths. Federal...
Pitfalls of an online marketplace: RNC wants people to inform police about potential online fraud cases
Recent case in St. John's court highlights pitfalls of online marketplaces. A provincial court judge has agreed to postpone — again — the sentencing of a St. John’s man found guilty of scamming people on Facebook Marketplace, though the judge was clear he wasn’t happy...
Urthurton Phiri of Edmonton Sentenced to 10 Months Jail for Gems Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 20, 2023, the Alberta Court of Appeal upheld a 10 month jail sentence imposed by Justice Creagh in Edmonton against Zimbabwe immigrant Urthurton Phiri. The 10 month jail sentence resulted from a $15,00 fraud related...
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
Pitfalls of an online marketplace: RNC wants people to inform police about potential online fraud cases
Recent case in St. John's court highlights pitfalls of online marketplaces. A provincial court judge has agreed to postpone — again — the sentencing of a St. John’s man found guilty of scamming people on Facebook Marketplace, though the judge was clear he wasn’t happy...
Six Indians charged in multimillion-dollar tech scam in US, Canada
New York: Five Indian men and a woman have been charged in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of them elderly, in the US and Canada. Gagan Lamba, 41, and Harshad Madaan, 34, from New Delhi; Jayant...
Investment Fraud
If fraudsters don’t pay court ordered restitution in Ontario it’s up to victims to try to collect
Unclear how much of nearly half a billion in restitution ordered for Ontario fraud victims is actually paid. arin Smith and her then husband were just trying to pay off their mortgage a little faster. But after the investment opportunity they agreed to in...
‘Be aware of warning signs’: Tecumseh resident loses $70,000 in online investment scheme
Essex County OPP are warning the public to be vigilant after a Tecumseh resident was defrauded of over $70,000 by investing in Crypto currency with an online Crypto currency brokerage. At this time, police say the victim is not able to retrieve their money from the...
Luxury cars seized from 23-year-old ‘Crypto King’ as investors try to recoup millions
Aiden Pleterski and his company allegedly owe $35M to more than 140 investors. Two McLarens, two BMWs and a Lamborghini make up just a few of the $2 million worth of assets seized from a 23-year-old from Whitby, Ont., as his investors try to recoup millions of dollars...
Information Wanted on Aiden Pleterski of Ajax, Ontario – Ponzi Scheme Foreign Exchange Investment Scheme
The Toronto based law firm Investigation Counsel PC, Fraud Recovery Lawyers, is asking anyone who transferred funds to Aiden Pleterski of Whitby, Ontario, to contact them confidentially. Inquiries can be made to D. Slenys at dslenys@investigationcounsel.com. On June...
If fraudsters don’t pay court ordered restitution in Ontario it’s up to victims to try to collect
Unclear how much of nearly half a billion in restitution ordered for Ontario fraud victims is actually paid. arin Smith and her then husband were just trying to pay off their mortgage a little faster. But after the investment opportunity they agreed to in...
‘Be aware of warning signs’: Tecumseh resident loses $70,000 in online investment scheme
Essex County OPP are warning the public to be vigilant after a Tecumseh resident was defrauded of over $70,000 by investing in Crypto currency with an online Crypto currency brokerage. At this time, police say the victim is not able to retrieve their money from the...
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Online Fraud
Chathan-Kent Area company’s assets frozen amid investor fears money lost
A judge has frozen the assets of a Chatham-Kent investment company amid a proposed $5-million lawsuit alleging its actions cost investors millions. Among the allegations, not yet tested in court, is that Banknote Capital Inc., kept soliciting money from new investors...
Toronto police recover ‘significant portion’ of $400,000 cryptocurrency scam
Toronto police have recovered a ‘significant portion’ of what is alleged to be a $400,000 cryptocurrency scam. According to police, a Toronto man filed a complaint to report that he and his wife had been scammed out of $400,000 in a cryptocurrency investment scheme....
Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King kidnapped, beaten for ransom, bankruptcy documents claim
Aiden Pleterski’s lawyer has not commented on latest allegations. An alleged kidnapping, duped investors and losses topping $40 million — those are some of the newest details emerging as authorities try to unravel what Canada's self-proclaimed Crypto King did with the...
Ottawa woman says she lost $100,000 in an online investment cyber crime
Deborah Klein thought she bought a safe and guaranteed investment through an online site, but as it turns out, it was an elaborate scam. "To save that $100,000 it took working eight years, three days a week," Klein tells CTV News Ottawa, as she looks through stacks of...
Ottawa woman says she lost $100,000 in an online investment cyber crime
Deborah Klein thought she bought a safe and guaranteed investment through an online site, but as it turns out, it was an elaborate scam. "To save that $100,000 it took working eight years, three days a week," Klein tells CTV News Ottawa, as she looks through stacks of...
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
If fraudsters don’t pay court ordered restitution in Ontario it’s up to victims to try to collect
Unclear how much of nearly half a billion in restitution ordered for Ontario fraud victims is actually paid. arin Smith and her then husband were just trying to pay off their mortgage a little faster. But after the investment opportunity they agreed to in...
Three arrested in massive hacking, data theft and blackmail probe
Amsterdam’s cyber crime police team has arrested three young men as part of a major investigation into hacking, data theft, blackmail and money laundering involving the private details of tens of millions of people. The three, aged 21 and 18, were picked up on...
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Mortgage Fraud
The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught
CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to 3 arrests. It began as a typical phone call for Niroosan (Niro) Vivekanantharajah — someone who found him on Google, asking for his help in closing a home...
Multi-layered door-to-door sales scam could cost you your home
"A person visits you and says you have won a class-action lawsuit regarding the installation of your equipment and the money can only be used toward renovations to your home" Ontario's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is shining a light on a multi-layered door-to-door sales...
Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales
The body that regulates Ontario's 100,000 real estate agents and brokers is urging them to be more vigilant when verifying the identity of a client, amid a wave of fraudulent home sales and mortgages in the Toronto area. The Real Estate Council of...
Title fraud on the rise, property owners need to protect themselves
It’s difficult to imagine someone could sell a home without the owner knowing – or that a purchase could be made under fraudulent terms without the buyer realizing – but situations like this are happening right now in Canada. The number of people whose homes are being...
The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught
CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to 3 arrests. It began as a typical phone call for Niroosan (Niro) Vivekanantharajah — someone who found him on Google, asking for his help in closing a home...
Multi-layered door-to-door sales scam could cost you your home
"A person visits you and says you have won a class-action lawsuit regarding the installation of your equipment and the money can only be used toward renovations to your home" Ontario's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is shining a light on a multi-layered door-to-door sales...
Consumer Fraud
The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught
CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to 3 arrests. It began as a typical phone call for Niroosan (Niro) Vivekanantharajah — someone who found him on Google, asking for his help in closing a home...
Multi-layered door-to-door sales scam could cost you your home
"A person visits you and says you have won a class-action lawsuit regarding the installation of your equipment and the money can only be used toward renovations to your home" Ontario's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is shining a light on a multi-layered door-to-door sales...
Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales
The body that regulates Ontario's 100,000 real estate agents and brokers is urging them to be more vigilant when verifying the identity of a client, amid a wave of fraudulent home sales and mortgages in the Toronto area. The Real Estate Council of...
Title fraud on the rise, property owners need to protect themselves
It’s difficult to imagine someone could sell a home without the owner knowing – or that a purchase could be made under fraudulent terms without the buyer realizing – but situations like this are happening right now in Canada. The number of people whose homes are being...
The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught
CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to 3 arrests. It began as a typical phone call for Niroosan (Niro) Vivekanantharajah — someone who found him on Google, asking for his help in closing a home...
Owner of mechanic shop in Lethbridge faces 62 charges after fraud investigation
Police in southern Alberta say an owner of a mechanic shop faces 62 charges after an investigation into alleged fraud. Investigators say they have identified more than two dozen victims and believe there could be more. Police say an investigation started last year...
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Romance & Relationship Fraud
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
Romance scammer charged with defrauding Holocaust survivor of $2.8M
A Florida woman has been charged with one count of wire fraud after she swindled an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of more than US$2.8 million in an online romance scam. Peaches Stergo, 36, met the unnamed victim on a dating website in 2017, as per an...
Love hurts: Alleged ‘romance scam’ costs Norfolk resident more than $200,000
An online relationship left a Norfolk County resident in tears — and out a lot of money — in what police are calling a “romance scam.” Police said the victim met the alleged scammer online in November 2021. Over the course of several emails and phone...
Peel police arrest man in alleged ‘romance scam,’ believe there are more victims
A Brampton man has been arrested after allegedly receiving over $10,000 in a “romance scam,” and police believe there may be more victims. In a news release on Thursday, Peel Regional Police said an older adult victim sent money to the suspect to allegedly pay off...