After a lengthy investigation that had been ongoing for approximately three years, police executed several…
Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud
Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
My Big Coin cryptocurrency firm founder gets 8 years in prison for fraud
The founder of a defunct cryptocurrency business was sentenced on Tuesday to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by marketing a virtual currency called My Big Coin with lies and half-truths. Federal...
Pitfalls of an online marketplace: RNC wants people to inform police about potential online fraud cases
Recent case in St. John’s court highlights pitfalls of online marketplaces. A provincial court judge has agreed to postpone — again — the sentencing of a St. John’s man found guilty of scamming people on Facebook Marketplace, though the judge was clear he wasn’t...
Six Indians charged in multimillion-dollar tech scam in US, Canada
New York: Five Indian men and a woman have been charged in connection with a transnational technical support scam that targeted more than 20,000 victims, many of them elderly, in the US and Canada. Gagan Lamba, 41, and Harshad Madaan, 34, from New Delhi; Jayant...
Five contractors charged in Canadian social housing renovation fraud
In a rare preferred indictment that could have a ripple effect across Canada, five contractors in Manitoba have been charged in a conspiracy to commit fraud in social housing renovation projects. The federal government’s Competition Bureau announced Monday that the...