A Hamilton couple, both in their twenties, faces several counts of fraud after police say…
Charges laid against two Montreal brothers related to high-profile cyberattacks
Montreal (September 10, 2020) – The RCMP charged two Montreal men, Jacob Costanzo-Peterson and Félix Costanzo-Peterson, for conducting high-profile cyberattacks against Canadian Tire Corporation, BMO, and Simplii Financial in 2017 and 2018. In August 2018, the two...
ASC: Two Alberta residents engaged in Bluforest pump and dump scheme
Calgary (August 31, 2020) – The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) announced that they found that Cem (Jim) Can and Charles Michael Miller engaged in a fraudulent pump and dump scheme using the carbon-offsets marketing company Bluforest Inc. while breaching Alberta...
Two Alberta men charged in funding scam
Lethbridge (July 31, 2020) – Lethbridge Police Service laid charges against Josef Korec and Dustin Ritter from southern Alberta in connection with an alleged multi-million dollar investment fraud. They are accused of defrauding a Lethbridge man out of more than $3.1...
Ontario men charged for illegal stock sales by U.S. regulator
Miami (July 16, 2020) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused three men of defrauding investors out of more than US$1.9 million in illegal stock sales in connection with Arizona-based wind turbine company, Thunderbird Power Corp. The U.S....
Innisfil businessman charged with defrauding the public using payment machines
Greater Toronto Area (July 14, 2020) – The Peel Regional Police arrested businessman, Syed Jafry, for fraud. He is accused of duping the customers of his businesses out of $131,000 while installing point of sale machines and has been charged with defrauding the...