On January 17, 2022, Belleville police received a call for service regarding an internet fraud/scam. A…
Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 27 years in prison for fraud after facing victims
For years, South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh looked his anguished clients in the eyes and promised to help them with their medical bills, their suffering or simply to survive. Then he stole some, if not all, of what he won for many of them. Those clients got to...
Prosecutor calls fraudster’s plan to repay victims ‘the stuff of delusions’
A Nova Scotia fraudster’s plan to pay back more than 200 investment scam victims using trillion-dollar banknotes from Zimbabwe is “the stuff of delusions,” a prosecutor told a Halifax judge at a hearing this week to determine if he should be sent to...
Hackers using Telegram bot to pull off large-scale phishing scams: Report
Threat actors are using a malicious Telegram bot called “Telekopye” to pull off large-scale phishing scams, a new report has said. According to security researcher Radek Jizba from ESETResearch, Telekopye is a highly sophisticated tool that allows...
CRA Alleges Iristel Involved in Sham Carousel Scheme
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) suspects a $63-million error in tax refunds, linking it to a “sham” carousel scheme allegedly involving Iris Technologies, the parent company of Iristel. Based in Markham, Ontario, Iris Technologies, under CEO Samer Bishay, reportedly...
Man alleged to be behind high-interest mortgage scam living large on social media
In his social media videos, Anas Ayyoub has painted a rags-to-riches story in which he says he went from having to “scavenge” for money to provide food for his family to a lifestyle that now allows him to drive a Lamborghini he says is worth $1.4 million....