A 22-year-old man from Sudbury, Ont. is wanted by police for allegedly using another person's…
Facebook agrees to $9.5 million settlement over misleading privacy claims
Gatineau (May 26, 2020) – Facebook agreed to pay a $9.5 million penalty over a federal probe into misleading privacy claims. A Competition Bureau investigation found that the social media giant made false or misleading claims about the privacy of Canadians’ personal...
COVID-19 scams exploiting government funding programs such as CERB
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...
BCSC longest-ever sentence for Venezuelan hedge fund investment fraud
Victoria (May 15, 2020) – A B.C. Provincial Court convicted James Warring Minnie, a.k.a. Terry James Minnie, for a Venezuelan hedge fund investment fraud and imposed the longest sentence ever resulting from a British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) criminal...
B.C. tech firm settles scam allegations for US$6.75 million
Victoria (May 7, 2020) – The B.C. e-commerce company, RevenueWire, reached a deal with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with tech scam allegations. The Victoria-based company and its CEO, Roberta Leach, agreed to pay US$6.75 million to settle...
Man wanted for rental fraud in Toronto
Toronto (May 6, 2020) – Toronto police are looking for the 37-year-old man, Sungjin Kim, for multiple counts of fraud in connection with a rental fraud investigation. He allegedly defrauded 20 people while collecting first and last month’s rent for a room in Toronto,...