by L Poole | Sep 23, 2021 | Breaking News, Featured, Uncategorized
Police arrested two Calgarian men after several people paid them for RV camping lots and dock spaces at a southeastern British Columbia resort. The victims thought they were purchasing spaces at a development on the shores of Lake Koocanusa in B.C. The scam netted...
by L Poole | Sep 16, 2021 | Breaking News, Featured, Romance Fraud, Uncategorized
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...
by L Poole | Sep 15, 2021 | Breaking News, Daily News, Featured, Uncategorized
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...
by L Poole | Sep 13, 2021 | Bank Fraud, Breaking News, Cryptocurrency, Featured, Online Fraud, Uncategorized
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...
by CTV News | Aug 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
by CTV News | Aug 6, 2021 | Recent Articles, Uncategorized
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...