by Brieanna Charlebois | Jan 4, 2021 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Judgements
In March 2020, a jury convicted a Toronto man, 55-year-old Hugh Walker, of fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime and uttering a forged document. The amount of the fraud was $1.8 million. In September 2020, the sentencing phase of Mr. Walker’s case took...
by Marina Burghard | Dec 11, 2020 | Employee Fraud, Featured
Gander (December 11, 2020) – The RCMP charged Gerald Templeman with fraud for allegedly misappropriating more than $1.2 million from Gander Aviation on December 10. An employee of the private aviation company notified the Mounties two years ago of suspected fraudulent...
by Marina Burghard | Dec 10, 2020 | Employee Fraud, Featured
Sudbury (December 10, 2020) – The Sudbury police arrested a local daycare employee, Cindy-Lee Boyd, for allegedly defrauding her employer out of about $130,000. She is accused of accepting funds owed to the daycare and fraudulently moving them to personal accounts...
by Marina Burghard | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured, Financial Fraud
London (December 9, 2020) – The police arrested the London man, Jesse James Edwards, who was wanted for a series of fraud incidents. Between September 23 and November 14, three victims reported being defrauded by a man who approached them and asked for cash to pay his...
by Marina Burghard | Dec 8, 2020 | Employee Fraud, Featured, Power of Attorney fraud
Kelowna (December 8, 2020) – The RCMP arrested former social worker, Robert Riley Saunders, in Alberta for allegedly stealing money from vulnerable youth for more than a decade while he was working for the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development. The...
by Marina Burghard | Dec 7, 2020 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Phone Scam
Toronto (December 7, 2020) – The busy holiday season is prime time for scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting victims – especially leading into weekends. In response to increased fraudulent activity across the province, Ontario’s four largest electricity...