Food fraud is on the rise and 40 per cent of Canadians have been victim…
Suspended sentence for North Sydney woman on fraud conviction
April 17, 2021 – A former homecare worker who defrauded two clients of nearly $7,000 over a three-month period has been given a suspended sentence and one-year probation. Candice Ann Gale, 37, of Peppett Street in North Sydney was sentenced on a single count of...
Former head of Alberta adoption agency receives suspended sentence in fraud case
March 26, 2021 – The former head of Adoption by Choice, an Alberta adoption agency that closed suddenly last May, has been handed a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to false representation. Ramone Kindrat, 55, was charged with fraud in December...
Men who used fake companies to swindle millions from DND sent to prison
March 18, 2021 – Two Nova Scotia men who swindled the Department of National Defence out of millions of dollars are being sent to prison. But, given that they’ve already been serving conditional sentences it’s not clear how much time, if...
Two tax protesters sentenced to four years in jail for fraud
March 12, 2021 – The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) announced that Montréal residents Pierre Cardin and Jean-Marc Paquin, were both sentenced on March 9, 2021, to four years in jail. Cardin and Paquin were both found guilty on December 21,...
No jail time for cheque fraud in P.E.I.
March 7, 2021 – A P.E.I. man who fraudulently cashed cheques made out to himself was recently given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay back $1,500. Adam Nicholas Willoughby, 31, appeared before Chief Judge Jeff Lantz in provincial court in Charlottetown...