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Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud

Amanda Diane Durette-Acker of New Brunswick Sentenced to 12 Months Jail for On-Line Dating Fraud

by L Poole | Mar 8, 2023 | Breaking Court Decisions, Breaking News, Featured, Online Fraud, Romance Fraud

Staff Reporter, Canadian Fraud News Inc. On January 29, 2021, Justice Cameron Gunn sentenced New Brunswick native Amanda Diane Durette-Acker to 12 months jail for perpetrating a $130,000 on-line dating fraud on an Edmonton man. The published decision was not released...
Romance scammer charged with defrauding Holocaust survivor of $2.8M

Romance scammer charged with defrauding Holocaust survivor of $2.8M

by L Poole | Feb 3, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Romance Fraud

A Florida woman has been charged with one count of wire fraud after she swindled an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor out of more than US$2.8 million in an online romance scam. Peaches Stergo, 36, met the unnamed victim on a dating website in 2017, as per an...
Love hurts: Alleged ‘romance scam’ costs Norfolk resident more than $200,000

Love hurts: Alleged ‘romance scam’ costs Norfolk resident more than $200,000

by L Poole | Jan 13, 2023 | Breaking News, Featured, Relationship Fraud, Romance Fraud

An online relationship left a Norfolk County resident in tears — and out a lot of money — in what police are calling a “romance scam.” Police  said the victim met the alleged scammer online in November 2021. Over  the course of several emails and phone...
Peel police arrest man in alleged ‘romance scam,’ believe there are more victims

Peel police arrest man in alleged ‘romance scam,’ believe there are more victims

by L Poole | Nov 24, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Relationship Fraud, Romance Fraud

A Brampton man has been arrested after allegedly receiving over $10,000 in a “romance scam,” and police believe there may be more victims. In a news release on Thursday, Peel Regional Police said an older adult victim sent money to the suspect to allegedly pay off...
BC court awards $742K in damages to intimacy scam

BC court awards $742K in damages to intimacy scam

by L Poole | Oct 14, 2022 | Breaking Court Decisions, Breaking News, Featured, Romance Fraud

A property in Vancouver’s Fairview neighborhood, a poor line of credit, a trusted French man and an elderly couple he believed to be pseudo-parents are at the center of a messy legal battle in the B.C. Supreme Court. On October 5, Justice Warren Millman ordered the...
Man wanted in romance scam investigation now in custody in Quebec after arrest in Ontario

Man wanted in romance scam investigation now in custody in Quebec after arrest in Ontario

by L Poole | Oct 11, 2022 | Breaking News, Featured, Romance Fraud

Man, 47, arrested in York Region, faced fraud charges in Drummondville, Quebec. A man wanted in a romance scam investigation is now in custody in Quebec after he was arrested north of Toronto this week. At least one alleged victim is grateful to hear of the...
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