Construction Fraud
After ethics commissioner report on SNC-Lavalin affair, opposition calls on RCMP to investigate
Ottawa (August 15, 2019) – Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion explained in his report about the SNC-Lavalin affair on Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau contravened Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act. On the same day, the RCMP stated that they are...
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City of Saskatoon became victim of identity fraud scheme and lost over $1M
Saskatoon (August 16, 2019) – The City of Saskatoon has paid $1.04 million to a fraudster after falling for an identity theft scheme. City manager Jeff Jorgenson told media on August 15 that the city is now focusing on the recovery of the taxpayer’s money. The city...
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Tens of millions of users possibly affected by BioStar 2 Data Breach
(August 15, 2019) – Security researchers have found database containing unprotected biometrics including fingerprints and facial recognition images as well as passwords and other personal data leaked on the internet. On August 5, a total of over 27.8 million records,...
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Latest wire fraud scam targets Human Resource departments
Saskatoon (August 14, 2019) – The Saskatoon Police are warning the public of a new wire fraud scam that targets the direct deposit information of employees. The scam involves the fraudsters reaching out directly to the Human Resources department of the target employee...
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Former employee defrauds County of Lethbridge of $49,000
Lethbridge (August 14, 2019) – Brandi Leanne Doucette allegedly defrauded the County of Lethbridge of $49,000 between 2016 and 2019, according to the Lethbridge Police. The 40-year-old has been charged for theft and fraud. Doucette was employed by the municipality at...
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Man charged with fraud as a result of investigation into bogus internet tower installations
Township of Alnwick-Haldimand (August 12, 2019) – Brian O’Donaghue has been charged with fraud after allegedly offering to install internet towers in the Township of Alnwick-Haldimand. The 29-year old is facing charges of fraud over $5,000, Global News reports. Two...
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Former immigration consultant involved in passport fraud sentenced to 20 months in prison
Vancouver (August 12, 2019) – Xiao Feng ‘Heki’ He has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for playing a key role in B.C.’s largest immigration fraud according to the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBAS). Additionally, the B.C. provincial court ordered a fine of...
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Man charged with $20 million mortgage investment fraud
Toronto (August 12, 2019) – Derek Scheinman was arrested in relation to a $20 million mortgage investment fraud, according to the York Regional Police. He is charged with defrauding the public, fraud over $5,000, possession of the proceeds of crime, laundering...
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Ontario Court of Appeal raises sentence of $41 million Canada Revenue Agency fraudster
Toronto (August 08, 2019) – Kevin Plange’s sentence of 13 months in jail for defrauding the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) of more than $41 million was raised to three years by the Ontario Court of Appeal. Nevertheless, Plange served already his initial sentence. Since...
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B.C. boat dealership under fraud investigation, victims encouraged to come forward
Surrey (August 09, 2019) – The Surrey boat dealership Breakwater Marine is under a fraud investigation. The RCMP’s Economic Crime Unit arrested one person and seized numerous boats while executing a search warrant, police said on Twitter. The authorities believe there...
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Breaking Fraud Cases from the Canadian Courts June 2019
At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then published those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security...
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Data breach class-action lawsuit launched against Capital One
Vancouver (August 07, 2019) – The Vancouver law firm Charney Lawyers launched a class-action lawsuit against Capital One as a consequence of the massive data breach earlier this year according to CTV News. Since March 2019, a hacker was in possession of the personal...
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Calgary bitcoin YouTuber scams cryptocurrency scammer back for a good cause
Calgary (August 07, 2019) – Calgary YouTuber Ben Perrin exposed an attempted bitcoin fraudster on Instagram. The scammer reached out to him with a too good to be true Bitcoin investment offer on Monday. He convinced the fraudster to send him US$50, which he donated to...
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Man wanted for Kijiji online fraud
Ottawa (August 06, 2019) – The Ottawa Police Service Organized Fraud Unit is looking for information on a man who is charged with 33 counts of fraud. A warrant has been issued for Patrick Vaudrin of Ottawa. The 40-year-old man is described as a Caucasian male, 5’10...
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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...
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Former executive director of hospice association sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud
Vancouver (August 02, 2019) – Susan Steen was sentenced to eight months in jail for fraud. She was using her position as executive director of the Central Okanagan Hospice Association (COHA) to defraud the organization of $109,878. She has to pay back $106,000 in...
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Former Audi CEO charged with fraud related to diesel gate
Munich (August 01, 2019) – German prosecutors in Munich have brought charges against former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler and three other people in connection with the 2015 emissions test cheating scandal, also known as diesel gate. Stadler is accused of fraud, false...
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Edmonton woman seduced into $250,000 romance scam
Edmonton (July 31, 2019) – Evelyn Wichmann was the victim of romance fraud. A man which she met on an internet dating site seduced her into paying $250,000 and finally drove the 62-year-old receptionist into financial ruin, CBC reports. Edmonton police investigate the...
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Man wanted for mail theft and identity fraud
Milton (July 31, 2019) – Halton Regional Police Service seeks assistance in identifying a fraud suspect. The suspect is alleged to be responsible for several mail thefts in a condominium building in Milton and subsequent identity fraud. The suspect is male, black and...
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Oblique Toronto contractor sentenced to almost four years in prison for defrauding customers
Toronto (July 30, 2019) – Adam Gardin was sentenced to almost four years in prison under Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act on July 26, 2019. He was also ordered to pay more than $850,000 in restitution according to the Ontario Provincial Offences court. Furthermore,...
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6 million Canadians impacted by Capital One data breach
Image credit: Capital One Bank, Bastrop, LA IMG 2804" by Billy Hathorn is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en) McLean, USA (July 30, 2019) – Capital One declared that a hacker obtained the personal information of 6...
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