Ontario Provincial Police services and local organizations are offering information sessions for seniors to help…
Jury finds Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso guilty of fraud, other charges
June 27, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) – A jury has found Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso guilty on all five charges he was facing including fraud and corruption. Accurso, 66, was impassive as the jury delivered the verdicts on their seventh day of...
Pyramid-scheme probe with ties to Canada and China leads NZ police to freeze $70m
June 26, 2018 – Nearly $70 million in bank accounts has been frozen – easily the largest case in New Zealand – as part of a global investigation into a wealthy Chinese businessman accused of running a massive pyramid scheme from Canada. Xiao Hua Gong...
Real police say fake Mounties weren’t actually involved in scam of B.C. woman
June 25, 2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) -Vancouver police say a woman who claimed to have been arrested by fake police officers in a fraud scheme exaggerated her report. Police now say that the woman was never physically approached by people claiming to be...
Ottawa wants to close loopholes that let terrorists, criminals use Bitcoin to commit fraud
June 21,2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) – The federal government is proposing measures that take aim at shadowy payments made by terrorists and money launderers using virtual currencies and prepaid credit cards. The planned regulations would help close...
Ex-MP received ‘secret’ cut of $12.4M deal in resort town run by his sister, OPP probe alleges
Unsealed police documents from 2014 allege fraud and breach of trust involving Collingwood town hall June 19, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) – A former Liberal MP may have used his connections with municipal officials in a popular vacation town northwest of Toronto...