Construction Fraud
Three suspects arrested in senior fraud
Oshawa (October 29, 2020) – The Durham police arrested three suspects who are facing numerous fraud charges. Glenda Mowbray, Bryan Robertson, and Travis Robertson are accused of defrauding elderly victims of over $400,000 during the past eight years. They are each...
BEC scammer tried to dupe government of Northwest Territories with invoice fraud
Yellowknife (October 27, 2020) – A BEC (Business Email Compromise) scammer attempted to dupe the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) using invoice fraud. The RCMP explained that a business partner of the GNWT was the subject of a phishing attack. The...
BCSC accuses woman of $3 million investment fraud
Vancouver (October 23, 2020) – The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) accused Meiyun Zhang of defrauding B.C. investors in a $3 million investment fraud. Between 2014 and 2017, she allegedly fraudulently solicited money from three investors claiming to help...
Former Nova Scotia PC candidate awaits fraud sentencing for using a forged cheque
Halifax (October 21, 2020) – A former PC candidate in the last Nova Scotia election, Paul Edward Beasant, awaits his sentencing in a fraud case for March of next year after he pleaded guilty to using a counterfeit document on October 20. He allegedly used a forged...
Brampton woman arrested for airline ticket fraud on Kijiji
Brampton (October 19, 2020) – The Peel police arrested the Brampton woman, Amarjeet Kaur Saini, for an airline ticket scam on October 15. She is accused of impersonating an Air Canada employee on Kijiji and offering fake airline tickets for sale on the online platform...
Former New Brunswick school principal pleaded guilty to fraud charges
Dalhousie (October 16, 2020) – The former New Brunswick school principal, Chantal Berthelotte, pleaded guilty to defrauding the Francophone Northeast School District in Campbellton Provincial Court on October 5. She is accused of embezzling over $5,000 while she was...
Another money mule charged in connection with CRA scams
Milton (October 15, 2020) – The RCMP charged an Ontario man, Naman Grover, for allegedly operating as a money mule in connection with a series of transnational telephone scams. The charges result from an ongoing investigation, dubbed Project Octavia. The Mounties...
Edmonton man charged for smuggling fake ETS bus tickets from China
Edmonton (October 14, 2020) – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Edmonton police laid charges against an Edmonton man, Yuexuan Wu, for allegedly smuggling 1,047 fake Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) bus tickets. On June 26, the CBSA seized a package from...
Former DND employee sentenced for role in large-scale fraud on the government
Halifax (October 3, 2020) – The Halifax provincial court handed down the sentence for a third person, Wayne Langille, involved in a large-scale fraud against the Department of National Defence (DND). Two Nova Scotia men have already been sentenced on February 25 of...
London police warn against ATM cash withdrawal schemes
London (October 1, 2020) – The London police issued a fraud warning against ATM cash withdrawal schemes. They received complaints from individuals being approached by a man who allegedly sent them a fake e-transfer and convinced them to withdraw the cash equivalent...
Calgary man, wanted for multimillion-dollar funding scam, turned himself in after returning from Czech Republic
Lethbridge (September 28, 2020) – The Calgary man, Josef Korec, who was wanted for his role in a multimillion-dollar funding scam, turned himself in to Lethbridge police on September 23 after returning from the Czech Republic. Two months ago, the Lethbridge...
Three Canadians charged with securities fraud for U.S. pump-and-dump scheme
San Diego, USA (September 25, 2020) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California laid charges against four men – three of them Canadians – over their roles in an alleged pump-and-dump scheme and a stock market manipulation ring. Ongkaruck...
Five arrested after Hydro Québec busted ‘electricity and identity theft network’
Montreal (September 24, 2020) – Hydro Québec announced that their investigations led to the exposure of ‘an electricity and identity theft network’. Five people have been arrested on September 21 in Montreal. They are accused of using stolen identities to defraud up...
‘The notorious Grandson scam has claimed another victim,’ RCMP said
Nanaimo (September 22, 2020) – The Nanaimo RCMP announced that a local 80-year-old lost $14,000 in connection with a grandson scam in early September. The scammers led her to believe, she was helping her grandson getting out of jail after he was supposedly involved in...
Three Ottawa snow removal companies face fraud charges
Ottawa (September 21, 2020) – The Ottawa police laid fraud charges against three Ottawa snow removal companies. Investigators accused Snow Vaporizers, Faul Properties, and Altitude Snow Removal of accepting money from customers for snow removal services last winter,...
Quebec network of romance fraudsters dismantled
Montreal (September 18, 2020) – The Sûreté du Quebec announced this week that they dismantled a vast network of romance fraudsters. On September 15, the Quebec provincial police made a dozen arrests in the regions Quebec City, Montreal, and the Outaouais in connection...
Courtice couple charged for participating in Canada-wide lottery scam
Courtice (September 17, 2020) – The Durham Regional Police arrested a Courtice couple – both in their seventies – for allegedly participating in a Canada-wide lottery scam. The police identified eleven victims until now. The price scam allegedly targeted elderly...
Barrie man charged with $56 million Ponzi scheme involving debit card terminals
Barrie (September 16, 2020) – The OPP charged the Barrie man, Charles Debono, with fraud, bribery, money laundering, and forgery for an alleged $56 million Ponzi scheme, which supposedly defrauded hundreds of victims over six years. The ‘landmark international fraud...
Former MP Raj Grewal charged with fraud and breach of trust
Ottawa (September 14, 2020) – The RCMP laid charges against the former Liberal MP Raj Grewal in a fraud and breach of trust investigation. He is accused of taking millions of dollars in personal loans using his political position without reporting to the federal...
19-year-old allegedly used fake ID to buy expensive SUV
Ajax (September 11, 2020) – The Durham Regional Police arrested a 19-year-old woman on September 5 after she allegedly purchased a Land Rover Velar at an Ajax dealership using a fake ID. The car is worth more than $85,000. The Niagara Falls woman has been charged with...
Charges laid against two Montreal brothers related to high-profile cyberattacks
Montreal (September 10, 2020) – The RCMP charged two Montreal men, Jacob Costanzo-Peterson and Félix Costanzo-Peterson, for conducting high-profile cyberattacks against Canadian Tire Corporation, BMO, and Simplii Financial in 2017 and 2018. In August 2018, the two...