by Marina Burghard | 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 Marina Burghard | 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 Marina Burghard | 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 Marina Burghard | 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...
by Marina Burghard | Jun 15, 2020 | Bank Fraud, Benefits Fraud, Featured
Toronto (June 15, 2020) – The Toronto police arrested Karina Riel of Montreal on June 11 for allegedly opening assorted bank accounts in Toronto to defraud the CERB program. She is accused of using multiple identities to set up fraudulent bank accounts. The police...
by Marina Burghard | May 22, 2020 | Benefits Fraud, Consumer Fraud, Featured, Fraud Prevention, Identity Fraud, Online Fraud, phishing
May 22, 2020 – Many Canadians are experiencing financial hardship as a consequence of the current pandemic. The Canadian government launched the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to help out Canadians throughout the Coronavirus crisis with a multi-billion...