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A Young Women from Oakville is Charged with Fraud in a Romance Scam
A 21-year-old woman from Oakville is one of the multiple people arrested by police for a series of frauds related to a romance scam operating in Burlington. The woman has been arrested and charged with fraud over $5,000, possession of property obtained by crime over...
Elections Canada Respond to Fraud Claims on Social Media
Since advanced voting opened last week, Elections Canada has been actively dispelling posts claiming that pencils provided at Elections Canada polling stations increase the risk of election fraud. The polling stations are using pencils that could be intentionally...
Mississauga Man Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in U.S. Prison for Money Laundering Crimes
The 36-year-old, who is a dual citizen of Canada and the U.S., pleaded guilty in a U.S. district court in California for money laundering crimes that involved the theft of funds from bank accounts in the U.S., Canada., the UK, and several other locations around the...
Scammers use spoofing tech to make it look like local police are calling victims about a seized package
Aug. 6, 2021 – Officers are warning of a scam circulating in Metro Vancouver using technology that makes victims think the calls are from local police. The New Westminster Police Department said some of these calls appear to be from its members. In a news...
Almost half of seafood sold in Canada is mislabelled, new report finds
Aug. 6, 2021 – When it comes to eating fish in Canada are you sure you’re getting the species you’re paying for? “We know that all around the world that seafood mislabelling is a widespread and very common problem,” said Sayara Thurston, Seafood Fraud...