by L Poole | Nov 3, 2021 | Breaking News, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Featured, Organized Crime
A Winnipeg woman fell victim to a cryptocurrency investment scam which led to her maxing out her credit card and losing $18, 000. She reported the scam to Jason Roy, a senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities Commission. The Winnipeg victim told Roy she had been...
by L Poole | Nov 2, 2021 | Breaking News, Featured, Identity Fraud, Organized Crime
Imagine working hard your entire life and building a large amount of savings, only for someone to steal your identity and empty your bank account. Toronto police said that is what an “organized hierarchy” of fraudsters were doing to unsuspecting victims in the Greater...
by L Poole | Oct 28, 2021 | Breaking Court Decisions, Breaking News, Featured, Organized Crime
An FBI press release revealed an extreme couponing fraud amounting to $31.8 million, in which a Virginia couple faces a combined sentence of nearly 20 years in prison. The conviction comes after the Coupon Information Corporation received a tip three years ago,...
by L Poole | Oct 22, 2021 | Breaking News, Featured, Investment Fraud, Organized Crime
Canadian race car driver Josh Cartu strikes a glamorous life style on social media: surrounded by expensive sports cars, hobnobbing with movie stars and fashion models, and travelling on his private jet to European party hotspots such as Ibiza and Cannes. Cartu grew...
by L Poole | Oct 15, 2021 | Breaking News, Featured, Online Fraud, Organized Crime
Mounties are reminding business owners to beware of a common scam circulating in the Central Okanagan. The Kelowna RCMP is warning the local business community to beware of a cyber fraud. This scam entails a criminal targeting a business and exploiting an existing...
by Admin | Aug 5, 2020 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Organized Crime, Tax Fraud
Orillia (August 5, 2020) – Police accomplished another hit at the illegal gambling operation ran by and linked to members of known criminal organizations through the OPP’s investigation dubbed Project Hobart. As a result of further search warrants at numerous Ontario...