Corporate Fraud
How Coronavirus scammers prey on the global pandemic
April 6, 2020 – In Canada and internationally, virus scams are on the rise taking advantage of this time of crisis. The global pandemic has been a big business for Coronavirus scammers. Due to global fears, unemployment, and financial stress, the environment is ripe...
April Fool’s Day: These COVID-19 scams are no joke
April 1, 2020 – On April Fool’s Day, every year, a bunch of untruths pops up on the internet. Scammers also use untruths to trick their victims. Anyhow, these scams may feel like pranks, but they are no joke and have real consequences. Since the global Coronavirus...
Suspended paralegal arrested for allegedly defrauding First Nation residents
Whitby (March 2, 2020) – The Durham Regional Police arrested Pamela Milne of Whitby for allegedly defrauding First Nation residents. The paralegal whose license was suspended in 2016 was hired to file Human Rights complaints and locate missing land documents by...
Pickering man arrested for ‘Alepy’ cryptocurrency scam
Pickering (February 28, 2020) – The Durham Regional Police arrested Eric Hentschel from Pickering on February 19 in connection with the ‘Alepy’ cryptocurrency scam. Police alleged that Hentschel sold his fraudulent cryptocurrency ‘Alepy’ to investors and then...
Man accused of $60K investment fraud
Toronto (February 24, 2020) – The Toronto Police arrested Arash Mahdieh in September 2019 for an alleged investment fraud worth $60,000. The investigation is still ongoing since the police believe there may be more victims. After Mahdieh allegedly defrauded a Toronto...
CAFC’s list of top frauds in 2019
February 22, 2020 – The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) released the Financial Crime Trend Bulletin for 2019. The new data shows the top 10 most reported frauds as well as the top 10 frauds based on dollar loss in 2019. The CAFC received 46,465 fraud reports from...
More fraud charges for Niagara financier
Niagara-on-the-Lake (February 20, 2020) – The police arrested Niagara financier Peter Corbière for fraud following a report of a failed business arrangement on February 13. The former senior partner at the Business Development Bank of Canada has been charged with...
Brampton man charged for immigration fraud
Brampton (January 28, 2020) – The Peel police arrested Artem Djukic, a registered immigration consultant in Mississauga, for immigration fraud on January 22. Between November 2006 and February 2019, he allegedly agreed to process immigration services for several...
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...
Local businessman is facing dozens of fraud related charges
Sudbury (November 7, 2019) – The local businessman from Sudbury, David Murray, is facing dozens of fraud related charges. After a number of complaints, the Greater Sudbury Police arrested and charged the owner of EcoLife Home Improvements Inc. with 22 counts of fraud...
Sudbury Real Estate Board warns against rental scam connected to Prop2Go.com
Sudbury (October 29, 2019) – The Sudbury Real Estate Board issued a warning against an alleged rental scam connected to the website Prop2Go.com. The association suspects that rental listings on the website are copied from the brokerage’s real estate ‘for sale’...
Used car salesman defrauds 14 customers over two years by selling cars he never delivered
Dartmouth (October 8, 2019) – Used car salesman, Michael David Surette, duped 14 customers between 2015 and 2018 by selling cars he never delivered. The total amount the customers of the Used Car Factory 21 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia were defrauded of adds up to...
Woman made up craft show, now charged with fraud
Oshawa (September 30, 2019) – Marci Thackeray, a woman, who made up a craft show in Oshawa is now arrested and charged with fraud. The Durham Regional Police informed in a press release about five victims who allegedly had been defrauded by the 33-year-old while...
Fraudsters taking advantage of Telus costumers impacted by email outage
(August 30, 2019) – After Telus customers were impacted by an email outage, they now are being targeted by fraudsters impersonating Telus employees. Global News reported that Telus customers have complained about fraudulent calls after Telus informed their customers...
Additional charges for autograph-fraudster as more victims come forward
Edmonton (August 28, 2019) – The Edmonton Police laid additional charges against Chandra Vinesh Singh in connection with selling Connor McDavid jerseys with fraudulent autographs online as more victims came forward. The 23-year-old was already charged with fraud and...
Suspect arrested in Mississauga series of frauds
Mississauga (August 27, 2019) – The Peel Regional Police informs about the arrest of the suspect in a series of frauds in the city of Mississauga, on August 24. The suspect is Thomas Henry Ogden. He was wanted on an arrest warrant for allegedly defrauding four...
Phone scams on the rise – Fraudsters are imitating utility or government entity representatives
(August 26, 2019) – Multiple phone scams imitating utility or government entity representatives have been reported last week throughout Canada. Police advise people who receive a suspicious call to hang up, call the organization referred to in the phone call using...
Caution: Your smart device may not be so smart when it comes to scam
(August 20, 2019) – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises against using the auto dial function of smart home devices when looking for a customer service number. The electronic assistants might leave their users with a phony customer service and non-recoverable...
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...
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...
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,...