by Tosha Hancott | Mar 15, 2022 | Breaking News, Corporate Frauds, Featured
A financial technology company is offering tips to protect against chargeback, which it says has climbed steadily during the pandemic. Chargeback occurs when a customer disputes a card purchase and successfully has the payment refunded, but is often a fraud. Moneris‘...
by Admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Corporate Frauds, Featured, Financial Fraud
Saskatchewan and Alberta RCMP Crime Analysts have identified a recent trend that all business owners should be aware of: a number of businesses across Western Canada have been victims of similar high-dollar frauds in the last six months. What’s been happening?...
by Admin | 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 Admin | 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 Admin | 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 Admin | 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...