A number of citizens have received phone calls or emails from sources identifying themselves as…
RCMP warn against CRA Bitcoin Scam
Coquitlam (September 20, 2019) – RCMP warn against the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Bitcoin Scam. The Coquitlam Mounties state that the complaints about phone calls of fraudsters posing as CRA employees demanding immediate payment in bitcoin has increased fourfold....
Nearly 1,000 tax fraud charges were stayed against Quebec construction mogul
Montreal (August 06, 2019) – A Quebec judge stayed charges against construction mogul Paolo Catania, his company ‘Construction Frank Catania and Associates’ and other individuals. In June 2013, they were accused of 989 cases of tax fraud on the basis allegations of...
Identity thief obtains $30,000 tax return and Canada Pension Plan payments of Ottawa lawyer by devious means
Ottawa (July 23, 2019) –An Ottawa lawyer became the victim of an identity thief. Using the lawyer’s identity and social insurance number, the fraudster opened a bank account with Scotiabank in Montreal, filed a tax return, changed the direct deposit information online...
Revenue Quebec fines Montreal restaurateur $650,000 for tax fraud
July 25, 2018( Courtesy of montrealgazette.com ) – A Montreal restaurateur has been fined $650,000 and given a suspended sentence of 18 months after pleading guilty to tax fraud, Revenue Quebec announced on Tuesday. Giorgio Damiani pleaded guilty on June 11 to...Man convicted in $600,000 Canada Revenue fraud to be sentenced in September
July 19 2018 (Courtesy of www.edmontonjournal.com) – A tax-preparer found responsible for filing $2.9 million in false claims to the Canada Revenue Agency will be sentenced in September. The result of filing nearly $3 million in false claims was a fraud of about...