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 | Nov 9, 2020 | Consumer Fraud, Corporate Frauds, Featured
Winnipeg (November 9, 2020) – The Winnipeg police charged former local funeral director, Chad Robert Wheeler, for defrauding families out of their prepaid funeral costs. He has been charged with Fraud Over $5,000. 76 prepaid funeral plans were sold at Wheeler Funeral...
by Marina Burghard | Oct 27, 2020 | Corporate Frauds, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud, phishing
Yellowknife (October 27, 2020) – A BEC (Business Email Compromise) scammer attempted to dupe the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) using invoice fraud. The RCMP explained that a business partner of the GNWT was the subject of a phishing attack. The...
by Marina Burghard | Sep 28, 2020 | Consumer Fraud, Corporate Frauds, Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud
Lethbridge (September 28, 2020) – The Calgary man, Josef Korec, who was wanted for his role in a multimillion-dollar funding scam, turned himself in to Lethbridge police on September 23 after returning from the Czech Republic. Two months ago, the Lethbridge...
by Marina Burghard | Sep 25, 2020 | Consumer Fraud, Corporate Frauds, Featured, Financial Fraud, International Fraud, Investment Fraud, Securities Fraud
San Diego, USA (September 25, 2020) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California laid charges against four men – three of them Canadians – over their roles in an alleged pump-and-dump scheme and a stock market manipulation ring. Ongkaruck...
by Marina Burghard | Sep 16, 2020 | Consumer Fraud, Corporate Frauds, Featured, Financial Fraud, International Fraud, Investment Fraud
Barrie (September 16, 2020) – The OPP charged the Barrie man, Charles Debono, with fraud, bribery, money laundering, and forgery for an alleged $56 million Ponzi scheme, which supposedly defrauded hundreds of victims over six years. The ‘landmark international fraud...