Police say the co-owners of a Toronto renovation company are facing numerous fraud charges related…
US telemarketing scammer costs dozens of Canadians over US$21,710
Las Vegas, USA (July 29, 2019) – The American, Michael Kroger was sentenced to 20 months in prison for a telemarketing scheme that defrauded timeshare owners. The 60-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Since he showed no remorse...
Former CFO of Edmonton-based agri-business charged in $2.45M fraud
Feb. 28, 2019 – The former chief financial officer of an Edmonton-area agri-business group has been charged with misappropriating millions of dollars in corporate funds. Patrick Stephen Bieleny, 52, was arrested last Thursday and charged with 12...
Saskatchewan appeal court upholds extradition of man charged in wind turbine sales fraud
Jan. 9, 2018(Courtesy of nationalpost.com) – A Canadian man arrested in Saskatoon in 2016 after years on the lam lost his appeal of an extradition order to stand trial in the U.S on fraud charges related to a failed wind turbine business that once attracted...
SNC-Lavalin hearing begins for fraud, bribery allegations
Oct 30, 2018 – Charges of bribery and fraud against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. were tested for the first time in a Montreal courtroom on Monday as prosecutors began laying out their case against Canada’s biggest engineering firm in a preliminary hearing expected to...
Undaunted by creditors and fraud charges, Peter Pocklington launches pot company
July 20, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) – Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington still owes the Alberta government more than $13 million from an unpaid 1988 loan for a failed meat-packing plant. In Arizona, Pocklington and an associate have so far reneged on...