by Tosha Hancott | Jul 19, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Real Estate Fraud
Peel police say they have charged two people from Uxbridge after they defrauded at least 18 people out of millions of dollars. Police say the frauds happened between January 2019 and June 2021 across multiple jurisdictions. The two would allegedly accept advance...
by Tosha Hancott | Jul 18, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Food Fraud
A survey found nearly one quarter of fish sold in Metro Vancouver in 2018 was incorrectly labelled. What if the seafood you see on your plate is not the seafood you think it is? There’s a chance that the red snapper or halibut fillets you were sold are a...
by Tosha Hancott | Jul 15, 2022 | Breaking News, Canadian Revenue Agency Scam, Featured
Recipients confused by odd formatting and broken images Recipients noticed what seemed like red flags as soon as they opened the emails from Service Canada, demanding repayment of pandemic benefits. The government logo looked strange, or was broken. The text was...
by Tosha Hancott | Jul 14, 2022 | Breaking Court Decisions, Breaking News, Featured
The Crown has withdrawn charges against Cilevitz’s spouse, Derek Christie. Eighteen months after Karen Cilevitz and her spouse Derek Christie made the headlines for Fraud Over $5,000 charges, the Richmond Hill councillor pleaded guilty in Court on July 11 to a lesser...
by Tosha Hancott | Jul 13, 2022 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured
A New Brunswick man has been charged with 19 offences after a years-long investigation ended with him accused of committing more than $1 million in fraud. The investigation dates back to the summer of 2019, when New Brunswick RCMP received two separate complaints...
by Tosha Hancott | Jul 12, 2022 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured, Tax Fraud
LONDON — Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud over a failure to declare 400 million pounds ($477 million) in assets to the British tax authority, prosecutors said on Monday. The Crown Prosecution Service said Ecclestone faced one...