A woman wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a credit card scam…
Bank teller charged after clients stripped of $320K
Jan. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) – A part-time, Bank of Montreal bank teller has been charged with fraud after a months-long investigation that uncovered clients were stripped of hundreds of thousands of dollars according to CTV news. Ottawa police allege...
Luxury SUV fraudulently purchased with $156K loan and a stolen identity
Dec. 26, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) – A Calgary woman got the surprise of her life this holiday season, after fraud artists allegedly used her name and credit history to buy themselves a luxury Land Rover in Kelowna, B.C. Alana Higgins only found out about...
Human-trafficking victim became ‘pawn’ in $117K bank fraud scheme, court hears
Dec. 21, 2018 (Courtesy of lfpress.com) – A human-trafficking victim was sentenced to one year in jail for her part in a province wide scheme that successfully defrauded a bank chain of more than $100,000. The Court heard over a three-week stretch that Abby-Lynn...
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...
BMO and CIBC’s Simplii warn fraudsters may have accessed clients’ data
May 29, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) – Two of Canada’s biggest banks warned Monday that “fraudsters” may have accessed certain personal and financial information of up to 90,000 customers. The Bank of Montreal said hackers contacted the bank...