Construction Fraud
Teen accused of stealing millions in cryptocurrency using SIM swap scams
Toronto (January 21, 2020) – 19-year-old Samy Bensaci from Montreal was arrested in Victoria, B.C. in November 2019 for allegedly being involved in a group of cybercriminals who stole millions in cryptocurrency using SIM swap scams. Investigators believe that they...
Police arrested two Hamilton identity fraudsters
Hamilton (January 21, 2020) – The police arrested two Hamilton identity fraudsters in connection with a number of identity theft and fraud related offenses. In a press release, the police report of about 100 victims to date. Bobbi-Jo Reichheld and Joshua Virag are...
Toronto man charged for alleged apartment rental fraud
Toronto (January 20, 2020) – Toronto police arrested and charged Nahian Biswas for an alleged apartment rental fraud on January 15. The property in the Dundas Street East and Ontario Street area was advertised online at a much lower price than market value. The police...
Fraudulent car purchase at Vaughan car dealership
Vaughan (January 20, 2020) – The York Regional Police informed the public on January 16 about a fraudulent car purchase at a Vaughan car dealership. On September 13, 2019, an unknown woman allegedly committed an $85,000 fraud. She is accused of buying a high-end...
Charges laid against Vancouver serial con man targeting seniors
Vancouver (January 16, 2020) – In collaboration, the North Vancouver RCMP and the West Vancouver Police Department laid 39 charges against Donald Robert Quinnell, a serial con man who is alleged of targeting ten seniors across the Lower Mainland between July and...
Toronto man charged with breaching OSC order
Toronto (January 16, 2020) – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) charged James Stuart Adams of Toronto with breaching a director and officer ban, which was imposed in a settlement agreement in March 2015. As part of the agreement, Adams admitted perpetrating...
Brampton family lawyer arrested for allegedly defrauding clients
Brampton (January 15, 2020) – Peel police arrested Brampton lawyer, Shawn Kelly Campbell, on January 11, for allegedly defrauding clients. Campbell, who operated a law office specializing in family law, was reported by multiple clients to the Law Society of Ontario....
Contradictions in 3 accidents prompted ICBC to accuse 13 people of insurance fraud
Vancouver (January 15, 2020) – The Supreme Court of British Columbia sentenced two men for insurance fraud on December 31, 2019. The judgment dealt with allegations of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) which claimed that 13 people tried to defraud...
Snowbirds, be aware of vacation scams while planning your getaways
January 13, 2020 – As the bitter cold sets in, the Canadian snowbird packs its bag, buys flights, and relocates to another place probably close to a beach. However, be aware of vacation scams. Fraudsters take advantage of the high search volumes for accommodations and...
Former executive Sami Bebawi sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in SNC-Lavalin Libya corruption case
Montreal (January 13, 2020) – Former SNC-Lavalin senior executive Sami Bebawi was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison in a Montreal courthouse on January 10. The SNC-Lavalin Libya corruption case brought the engineering giant and former executives before...
The ASC’s top investment risks in 2020 – part two
Calgary (January 10, 2020) – The general rule, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is, does still apply in 2020, especially when it comes to investments. The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) issued a warning about the top investment risks in the new...
The ASC’s top investment risks in 2020 – part one
Calgary (January 9, 2020) – The general rule, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is, does still apply in 2020, especially when it comes to investments. The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) issued a warning about the top investment risks in the new...
City filed lawsuit alleging construction fraud on Winnipeg Police Headquarters
Winnipeg (January 8, 2020) – The City of Winnipeg filed a lawsuit against more than 30 defendants including the contracting firm Caspian Construction and Winnipeg’s former chief administrative officer Phil Sheegl in connection to construction fraud regarding the new...
Alberta court certified class action lawsuit against Treadz Auto Group
Calgary (January 7, 2020) – The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta certified the class action lawsuit against the car consignment company Treadz Auto and its owner Sean Patrick O’Brien on December 20, 2019. The civil lawsuit alleges that O’Brien defrauded dozens of...
New year, old scams – Stay cautious about phishing scams
January 6, 2020 – The new year starts with phishing scam alerts. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns against a rewards phishing scam and members of the London veterans group First Hussars Association were targeted by a spear phishing scam. The BBB advises being...
Review of the year 2019: Top 5 articles on Canadian Fraud News
Toronto (December 31, 2019) – With the fading year, we review 2019 at Canadian Fraud News with our Top 5 articles of this year. The Canadian Fraud News Team thanks all our loyal readers and wishes everyone a happy and ‘fraud-free’ New Year 2020. #5 Former Olympic...
CRA achieves successes in major efforts combating tax evasion in December 2019
December 27, 2019 – The Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) finished 2019 strong with major efforts combating domestic tax evasion and non-compliance in the real estate sector, serious tax evasion, and offshore tax evasion. The agency reported the execution of search...
Business fraudster rearrested after refusing to pay restitution
Newmarket (December 24, 2019) – The convicted business fraudster, Richard Glen Allison, was arrested and charged with Breach of Probation on December 20, after failing to pay restitution. On March 29, 2018, the Court ordered Allison to make restitution payments in the...
Alleged Nova Scotian serial rent fraudster arrested
Goffs (December 20, 2019) – Halifax RCMP arrested alleged Nova Scotian serial rent fraudster, Nadav Joseph Even-Har, in a stolen rental car in Dartmouth on December 18. The police received a report about Even-Har, who refused to pay for a hotel stay. During the...
SNC-Lavalin pleads guilty in Libya fraud case
Montreal (December 19, 2019) – SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. pleaded guilty on December 18 to one count of fraud over $5,000 in connection with the ongoing Libya fraud case. The Quebec-based construction firm settled a plea deal for the criminal charges related to...
LifeLabs customers’ personal information compromised after cyberattack
Toronto (December 18, 2019) – A cyberattack hit LifeLabs and accessed its computer systems with customer information. Canada’s largest private provider of diagnostic testing for health care identified the attack at the end of October. To date, the company estimates...