by L Poole | Sep 1, 2022 | Benefits Fraud, Breaking News, Featured
Court documents have revealed that hackers had fraudulently claimed pandemic benefits using the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts of 12,700 individuals. In August 2020, the CRA was forced to temporarily shut down its online services after it had suffered two...
by L Poole | Jun 16, 2022 | Benefits Fraud, Breaking News, Featured
A long-time Peel police officer has been charged with benefits fraud. Investigators from the Police Professional Standards Bureau laid the charges. Const. Scott Hutchings, an 18-year-employee, has been charged with one count of fraud under $5,000, police said....
by Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Corporate Frauds, Featured
Markham (November 18, 2020) – The OPP charged nine people with multiple fraud related offenses in connection with a private career college scheme. The nine individuals were employees and a former student of the Royal Institute of Science Management (RISM) in Markham....
by Admin | Aug 21, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Featured, Online Fraud, Privacy Breach
August 21, 2020 – The public online services of the government of Canada were recently under a series of cyberattacks. So-called credential stuffing attacks mounted on the GCKey service and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) accounts to fraudulently obtain government...
by Admin | Aug 14, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Featured, Identity Fraud, Online Fraud
August 14, 2020 – Since spring, scammers have been using Canadian’s personal data to defraud the emergency programs such as the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) set up by the government to quickly provide money to people who lost their jobs during the COVID-19...
by Admin | Jun 15, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Consumer Fraud, Featured, Financial Fraud, Fraud Prevention, Investment Fraud, Mortgage Fraud, Power of Attorney fraud
June 15, 2020 – Elder abuse is a serious and growing problem. June 15 is the ‘World Elder Abuse Awareness Day’, which provides an opportunity for communities to promote a better understanding of the abuse and threats that older persons are facing by raising awareness...