by staff | Jun 22, 2022 | Breaking News, Elder Fraud, Featured
Montreal police (SPVM) are warning against a fraud scheme targeting seniors following the arrest of eight individuals between the ages of 19 and 21 on June 16. In a press release the SPVM says the arrests were made following a weeks-long investigation. Searches were...
by staff | Apr 8, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud, Ponzi
A Toronto businessman accused of orchestrating a $12-million pandemic-related Ponzi scheme was arrested and charged with fraud by Toronto police on Monday, just hours after investigators discovered his location, CBC News has learned. Mark E. Cohen’s...
by staff | Apr 7, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Fraud Prevention
Richmond, BC – Richmond RCMP Economic Crime Unit (ECU) began their investigation in October 2020. Over several months, Richmond ECU investigators collected evidence of alleged frauds being committed by four individuals, in multiple jurisdictions, including...
by staff | Mar 25, 2022 | Breaking News, Consumer Fraud, Featured
“It’s been devastating for a lot of people,” said Bill VanGorder with the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP). Since the start of the pandemic, VanGorder said scams that occur online or over the phone, are more common than ever. “It’s almost as if the...
by staff | Mar 24, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured
A Nova Scotia town had to get a court order and spent almost eight months trying to recoup nearly half a million dollars it had been defrauded out of by an Ontario man posing as a construction executive, a situation municipal officials say won’t happen...