by L Poole | Nov 16, 2021 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured, Fraud Prevention, Uncategorized
As a result of thousands of COVID-related scams reported during the pandemic, a Toronto lawyer is advising Canadians to do their research before buying something online, making an investment, or giving out personal information. Tanya Walker, a lawyer and managing...
by L Poole | Nov 9, 2021 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured
Tracy Kitch is charged with breach of trust and fraud over $5,000. The fraud trial of a former Nova Scotia hospital chief executive began Monday in Halifax with the Crown alleging that Kitch deceitfully used public money for personal flights to her Ontario home and...
by L Poole | Nov 2, 2021 | Bank Fraud, Breaking News, Daily News, Featured
On Friday, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said the country’s largest lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) had pleaded guilty to 30 criminal charges for mis-selling consumer credit insurance between 2011 and 2015. Scrutiny of...
by L Poole | Oct 22, 2021 | Breaking News, Canadian Revenue Agency Scam, Daily News, Featured, Fraud Prevention
Two people have been defrauded of over $34,000.00 recently in southwestern Manitoba. First Instance A victim received a telephone call from a person claiming to work for the Canada Border Services Agency. The caller warned that they had intercepted a package...
by L Poole | Sep 28, 2021 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured
Former Ministry of Children and Family Development social worker, Robert Riley Saunders, pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000, breach of trust and using a forged document. Saunders was originally accused of stealing from dozens of youth in his care and faced 13...
by L Poole | Sep 15, 2021 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured, Uncategorized
Since advanced voting opened last week, Elections Canada has been actively dispelling posts claiming that pencils provided at Elections Canada polling stations increase the risk of election fraud. The polling stations are using pencils that could be intentionally...