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Central Alberta man charged in ‘elaborate’ $2.6M fracking fraud

July 31, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A central Alberta man is facing fraud charges after a five-year investigation and more than $2 million in losses to investors. RCMP say Dane Skinner, 53, misrepresented and advertised a revolutionary fracking product,...

Jury finds Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso guilty of fraud, other charges

June 27, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - A jury has found Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso guilty on all five charges he was facing including fraud and corruption. Accurso, 66, was impassive as the jury delivered the verdicts on their seventh day of...

Ex-MP received ‘secret’ cut of $12.4M deal in resort town run by his sister, OPP probe alleges

Unsealed police documents from 2014 allege fraud and breach of trust involving Collingwood town hall June 19, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A former Liberal MP may have used his connections with municipal officials in a popular vacation town northwest of Toronto —...

Peter Kroone of Oshawa Found Liable for Construction Fraud

TFC Contracting / The Cement Finisher May 3, 2018 - At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery...

Contractor fraud investigations double in Alberta since 2015

March 22, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Randy Kwong thought he had done everything right when he hired a contractor to install a metal railing on his deck last summer. Kwong and his wife called references, met the contractor and got an estimate before signing the...

Opponent of Aecon takeover has conviction for perjury, fraud

A man purporting to be a major construction executive, who has been lobbying in Ottawa against the $1.5-billion sale of Canadian infrastructure firm Aecon Group Inc. to a Chinese state-owned enterprise, has convictions for fraud and perjury and is facing new charges...

Thunder Bay, Ont. police charge local man for fraud after 11 complaints

Police in Thunder Bay, Ont are asking the public to be careful and take caution when dealing with private businesses and individuals after they have arrested a Lakehead resident with a number of fraud-related charges. Officials released a written statement saying that...

Former Liberal fundraiser calling key Charbonneau witness in fraud trial

Lino Zambito, the star witness at Quebec’s Charbonneau Commission into construction corruption, to testify at the trial of former Quebec Liberal politicians. Lawyer Oliver Desjardins, representing Marc-Yvan Côté — a former health minister and fundraiser for the...

Windsor police are warning residents of rampant rental scams, having received a number of complaints recently

Windsor Police are once again sending out a reminder about the scheme commonly known as the “rental scam”. Police say that they have recently received a number of complaints, indicating that the scam is again active in our community. In some cases the victims...

Hamilton contractor pleads guilty to 14 counts of fraud, given five years to pay back victims per Judge’s ruling

Some of Richard A. Wilson's unhappy customers have been waiting as long as 10 years to get their money back for work that he didn't do. Their wait isn't entirely over, but as of Friday they're now in a position to get some of it back. The 59-year-old marine contractor...

CRA Scams: An Organized Operation In Mumbai Is To Blame For One Of The Biggest Scams In Canada’s History

by Admin | Sep 24, 2018 | Canadian Revenue Agency Scam, Consumer Fraud, Featured

Sept. 24, 2018 (Courtesy of Narcity.com) - Our cell phones go off daily with calls from telemarketers and scammers. How many times have you "won a free cruise" or been asked to buy products over the phone? Too many to count, right? We're sick of it. Thanks to an...

Regina woman, Alena Pastuch , accused of $5M fraud must represent herself at her trial

by Admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Sept. 18, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - A Regina woman accused of defrauding investors in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia of millions will have to represent herself at trial. Alena Pastuch was charged with fraud, theft and laundering the proceeds of crime...

Trial delayed for Regina woman accused of $5M fraud

by Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Sept. 11, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - The trial for a Regina businesswoman accused of defrauding investors millions was supposed to begin Monday morning, but the plan was derailed when Alena Pastuch's lawyer advised the court he could no longer represent her due to a...

Local union sues former chairperson over fraud allegations

by Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Sept. 11, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A local union is suing a former employee, alleging she wrote herself cheques and forged signatures to steal more than $100,000 from the union's coffers over her time with the organization. In a statement of claim filed in the...

‘Nowhere to live and nowhere to go’: MUN student from Ontario hit by rental scam

by Admin | Sep 10, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Online Fraud

Sept. 10 ,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - Imagine moving to Newfoundland from another province to study at Memorial University, only to discover upon your arrival that the people at your new rental property have no idea who you are, or what you're talking about. That's...

Treadz Auto owner pleads guilty to $2M vehicle consignment fraud

by Admin | Sep 7, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Recent Articles

Sept 7, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - A Calgary man who bilked dozens of Calgary car owners out of more than $2 million has pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud over $5,000. Sean O'Brien was facing 164 fraud and theft charges in connection to his vehicle consignment...

St. Francis Xavier University accuses ex-Coady finance director of misappropriating at least $243K

by Deborah McCoy | Sep 6, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Sept. 6, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., is suing the former finance director of the school's Coady International Institute, accusing him of misappropriating at least $243,000. The statement of claim filed in Nova...

Father, son, daughter sentenced in $12.5M lotto fraud case

by Deborah McCoy | Sep 5, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Sept. 5, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca ) - Three family members who won nearly $12.5 million on a free lottery ticket they had duped a customer at their variety store out of were sentenced Tuesday. Jun-Chul Chung was sentenced to seven years in prison. His daughter,...

Savvy Calgary senior outsmarts scammers in sophisticated phone scheme

by Deborah McCoy | Sep 4, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Sept 4, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - A Calgary grandmother outsmarted would-be phone scammers and is now warning others to be cautious of the sophisticated scheme. Anne Buckley was at home on Saturday when she got an unexpected call to her landline. "It was a very...

Fraud Experts Warn Over Compromise Of Passport Data In Air Canada Breach

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 31, 2018 | Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud

Aug 31, 2018 ( Courtesy of https://www.silicon.co.uk) - Hackers may have accessed detailed passport information on thousands of Air Canada customers after its app was compromised late last week Security experts have warned that the compromise of passport data in this...

Ex-employees at Canadian Forces bases charged in thefts, fraud totalling $160,000

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 31, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Aug. 31, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Two former civilian employees at Canadian Forces bases in Alberta and Ontario are facing charges of theft and fraud following separate investigations by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service. The first investigation...

Reports of CRA extortion scam on the rise

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 30, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Aug. 30, 2018 (Courtesy of Citynews.ca) - Stores including pharmacy chain Rexall have started posting warnings about scams involving gift cards as reports about the fraud continue to mount. Fraudsters pretending to be the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) have been calling...

Former Edmonton MLA Carl Benito facing suspension of immigration consultant licence

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 29, 2018 | Featured, Immigration Fraud, Recent Articles

Aug. 29, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - The regulatory council for Canadian immigration consultants is moving to suspend the licence of former Edmonton MLA Carl Benito, following a CBC News report that revealed Benito is the target of an immigration-fraud...

A 90-year-old ‘grandma scam’ victim took out $10,000 from TD Bank to pay a fraudster — in cash

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 29, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Aug. 29, 2018 (Courtesy of thestar.ca) - At 90 years old, Elizabeth Mary Mahoney is active and resourceful. Knee replacements haven’t slowed her down. She lives alone in her rented Toronto condo near High Park, takes long walks, rides the TTC and attends an...

Fraud, theft charges laid against man who raised $200K from investors in Red Deer

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 29, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Aug. 29, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - An Alberta man alleged to have fraudulently raised $200,000 from six investors in Red Deer is facing criminal charges after an investigation by the Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT). Shaun Wayne Howell of Drayton Valley has been...

Albertans Losing Record Amounts to Scam Artists

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 28, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Aug. 28, 2018 ( Courtesy of discoverairdrie.com) - Albertans are being scammed out of record amounts of money by what a member of the Better Business Bureau calls "knowledgeable and sophisticated" scammers. Jennifer-Kay Thomas, External Communications Specialist with...

Fraudster jailed for taking PAC money meant for new school playground

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 28, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Aug. 28, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A woman has been sentenced for defrauding a Surrey elementary school of at least $20,000 meant to fund a new playground for students. Tuey Ngo pleaded guilty to theft over $5,000 using a forged bank statement to defraud...

Calgary police officer charged with theft, fraud and assault

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 7, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud

Aug 7, 2018 (Courtesy of The Canadian Press) - A Calgary police officer has been charged with theft, fraud and assault while he was on leave for what police describe as an "unrelated matter." Police said in May of this year, Airdrie RCMP began investigating a number...

Man faces charges for making and selling fake transit passes in Calgary

by Deborah McCoy | Aug 3, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Aug 3, 2018 ( Courtesy of CTVnews.ca ) - Calgary police have charged a man after a lengthy investigation led to the discovery of more than $1 million in fake transit passes. The year-long investigation involved nine search warrants and eventually led to arrest of a...

West Vancouver police warn of elaborate online video scam

by Deborah McCoy | Jul 31, 2018 | Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud

July 31, 2018( Courtesy of The Canadian Press) - West Vancouver police are warning the public about a new online scam using personal email addresses and passwords. Police say victims receive an email that includes the recipient's current or past email password. The...

Nigerian Man Living In Canada Receives 14 Years In U.S. Prison For Leading Fraud Ring

by Deborah McCoy | Jul 31, 2018 | Featured, Relationship Fraud, Romance Fraud

July 31, 2018 - A Nigerian man must serve 14 years in a U.S. prison for leading a fraud ring that prosecutors in Texas say laundered $3.5 million from hundreds of victims. Ochuko Sylvester Eruotor was sentenced Friday in Austin. The 42-year-old Eruotor, who lived in...

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