by L Poole | Jan 12, 2023 | Breaking Court Decisions, Breaking News, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud
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...
by L Poole | Jan 11, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Fraud Prevention, Investment Fraud
Essex County OPP are warning the public to be vigilant after a Tecumseh resident was defrauded of over $70,000 by investing in Crypto currency with an online Crypto currency brokerage. At this time, police say the victim is not able to retrieve their money from the...
by L Poole | Jan 9, 2023 | Breaking News, Cryptocurrency, Featured, Fraud Prevention
The Nova Scotia Securities Commission is warning residents of a crypto scam, which it says is often cruelly referred to as a “pig butchering” scheme. The commission said in a Monday morning release the scam is causing “individual losses of hundreds...
by L Poole | Jan 6, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Identity Fraud
Toronto Police are requesting the public’s help in identifying two people after releasing photos of a couple they allege were involved in mortgage fraud. Authorities say during the month of January 2022, the owners of a Toronto property were out of the country on...
by L Poole | Jan 4, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured
Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges that he cheated investors in his now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange. Bankman-Fried is accused of looting billions of dollars in FTX customer deposits to support his Alameda Research hedge fund,...
by L Poole | Jan 3, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Fraud Prevention
Toronto police are warning the public about a “black money scam” after making an arrest in a robbery and fraud investigation and locating a large sum of counterfeit bills. On Dec. 22, officers responded to a robbery at Danforth and Greenwood avenues. A man allegedly...