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The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught

The anatomy of a stolen home — and how 3 suspects got caught

by L Poole | Mar 14, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Identity Fraud, Mortgage Fraud

CBC News has learned exclusive details behind an alleged title fraud in January that led to 3 arrests. It began as a typical phone call for Niroosan (Niro) Vivekanantharajah — someone who found him on Google, asking for his help in closing a home...
Multi-layered door-to-door sales scam could cost you your home

Multi-layered door-to-door sales scam could cost you your home

by L Poole | Feb 21, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Mortgage Fraud, Real Estate Fraud

“A person visits you and says you have won a class-action lawsuit regarding the installation of your equipment and the money can only be used toward renovations to your home” Ontario’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is shining a light on a multi-layered...
Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales

Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales

by L Poole | Feb 16, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Mortgage Fraud

The body that regulates Ontario’s 100,000 real estate agents and brokers is urging them to be more vigilant when verifying the identity of a client, amid a wave of fraudulent home sales and mortgages in the Toronto area. The Real Estate Council of...
Title fraud on the rise, property owners need to protect themselves

Title fraud on the rise, property owners need to protect themselves

by L Poole | Feb 15, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Mortgage Fraud

It’s difficult to imagine someone could sell a home without the owner knowing – or that a purchase could be made under fraudulent terms without the buyer realizing – but situations like this are happening right now in Canada. The number of people whose homes are being...
6 plaintiffs from Toronto’s Chinese community accuse broker of mortgage fraud

6 plaintiffs from Toronto’s Chinese community accuse broker of mortgage fraud

by L Poole | Feb 13, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Mortgage Fraud

It’s been more than three years, but Yan Ting “Tina” Li says she still remembers meeting Po Yuk “Peggy” Chan at a Thanksgiving party. The 45-year-old mother of four says Chan struck her as compassionate and pious, and took an instant...
How organized crime has mortgaged or sold at least 30 GTA homes without owners’ knowledge

How organized crime has mortgaged or sold at least 30 GTA homes without owners’ knowledge

by L Poole | Jan 25, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Mortgage Fraud

Future of title insurance could be at risk if this real estate fraud trend continues. A year ago, Melissa Walsh says police assured her family it only happened to them. Fraudsters nearly sold her great uncle’s east end Toronto home without the family’s...
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