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US telemarketing scammer costs dozens of Canadians over US$21,710

Las Vegas, USA (July 29, 2019) – The American, Michael Kroger was sentenced to 20 months in prison for a telemarketing scheme that defrauded timeshare owners. The 60-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Since he showed no remorse...

Former CFO of Edmonton-based agri-business charged in $2.45M fraud

Feb. 28, 2019 - The former chief financial officer of an Edmonton-area agri-business group has been charged with misappropriating millions of dollars in corporate funds. Patrick Stephen Bieleny, 52, was arrested last Thursday and charged with 12 counts...

Saskatchewan appeal court upholds extradition of man charged in wind turbine sales fraud

Jan. 9, 2018(Courtesy of nationalpost.com) - A Canadian man arrested in Saskatoon in 2016 after years on the lam lost his appeal of an extradition order to stand trial in the U.S on fraud charges related to a failed wind turbine business that once attracted celebrity...

SNC-Lavalin hearing begins for fraud, bribery allegations

Oct 30, 2018 - Charges of bribery and fraud against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. were tested for the first time in a Montreal courtroom on Monday as prosecutors began laying out their case against Canada’s biggest engineering firm in a preliminary hearing expected to last...

Undaunted by creditors and fraud charges, Peter Pocklington launches pot company

July 20, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington still owes the Alberta government more than $13 million from an unpaid 1988 loan for a failed meat-packing plant. In Arizona, Pocklington and an associate have so far reneged on...

Mammoliti, TPA execs ‘actively’ pushed land deal with inflated $12M price tag, secret report says

May 2, 2018 (Courtesy of cbc.ca) - Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti and several executives from the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) pushed hard for a deal that would have seen the public overpay by about $2.6 million for a piece of land in the councillor's ward, says a secret...

Ecuadorians Challenge Chevron Over $9.5B Award In Canadian Court

April 17, 2018 (Courtesy of oilprice.com) - Ecuadorian farmers and indigenous people will seek to show an Ontario Court of Appeal this week that Chevron Canada is legally liable for a US$9.5-billion award that the Ecuadorians won against the U.S. parent Chevron Corp...

Vancouver man convicted of fraud in U.S. after companies solicited more than $18M from 60,000 people

April 2 2018 (Courtesy of cbc.ca) A Vancouver man accused of bilking thousands of seniors in the U.S. — and who fought extradition for more than a decade — has been convicted of mail and wire fraud by a Los Angeles federal jury. On Thursday, a jury convicted Mark...

Ontario woman allegedly funnels over $600,000 from her employer to charities

March 14, 2018 (Courtesy of The Canadian Press) - A 52-year-old Ontario woman is facing fraud charges after allegedly funneling over $600,000 of her employer’s money into bank accounts for charities of which she was a board member. Kingston police say the woman was...

More than Half of Canadian Companies Say They Have Been Victims Of Fraud In The Last Two Years

March 8, 2018 (courtesy of Globalnews.ca )More than half of Canadian companies have experienced fraud in the past two years — that’s up 18 per cent from 2016. The findings, presented in the “Economic Crime and Fraud Survey” by accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers,...

Man charged with fraud as a result of investigation into bogus internet tower installations

by Marina Burghard | Aug 13, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

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

by Marina Burghard | Aug 9, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

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

by Marina Burghard | Jul 30, 2019 | Construction fraud, Consumer Fraud, Featured

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,...

Police warn of SIM-swapping scam after three incidents in Edmonton

by Marina Burghard | Mar 28, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Mar. 27 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - As Fraud Prevention Month draws to a close, Edmonton police are warning of a new scam that recently popped up in the city: SIM swapping. SIM cards, also known as subscriber identification modules, are used by cellphone carriers to...

Support worker who stole from the elderly arrested again for fraud, theft: police

by Marina Burghard | Feb 27, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Employee Fraud, Featured

Feb. 37, 2019 - A Burlington personal support worker who was already facing charges for stealing from elderly, police say, has been re-arrested for fraud and theft. The woman was taken into custody on Feb. 20 and charged with fraud under $5,000, two counts of...

Dad and daughter fined $4m for stealing winning lottery ticket

by Marina Burghard | Feb 27, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Employee Fraud, Featured

Feb. 27, 2019 - Jun-Chul Chung, 68, and his daughter Kathleen Chung, 36, were sentenced to seven and four years in prison. Her brother, Kenneth Chung, who ran the convenience store in a Toronto suburb where his father worked, was given a 10-month sentence. The real...

Families bilked in puppy scam, says Better Business Bureau

by Marina Burghard | Jan 10, 2019 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Jan. 10 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) -The Better Business Bureau is warning people shopping for a new puppy to be aware of a potential fraudster claiming to offer a free puppy to a good home. "It does seem to be affecting people from all across Canada," said Kristin...

CRTC launches new protections against fraudlent Calls

by Marina Burghard | Dec 20, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured

Dec. 20, 2018 (Courtesy of NationalPost.com) - Canadians will soon have greater protection from scam phone calls. Today, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ruled that service providers must apply additional levels of protection to shield...

Online scam uses fake endorsements from Canadian media personalities to sell products

by Marina Burghard | Dec 14, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud

Dec. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of ctvnews.ca) - Lisa LaFlamme is not quitting her job to sell skincare products. Neither is Marilyn Denis or Melissa Grelo. But bogus online ads using fake endorsements from several Canadian media personalities have left many shoppers...

OCS warns customers of data accessed in Canada Post breach

by Marina Burghard | Nov 7, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Online Fraud

Nov. 7, 2018 ( Courtesy of citynews.ca) - The Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS) said the shipping information of some of its customers was accessed by an outside source through the Canada Post delivery tracking tool. In a letter sent to the customers on Wednesday, the OCS...

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...

‘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...

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

by Marina Burghard | 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 Marina Burghard | 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...

Reports of CRA extortion scam on the rise

by Marina Burghard | 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...

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

by Marina Burghard | 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...

Albertans Losing Record Amounts to Scam Artists

by Marina Burghard | 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...

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

by Marina Burghard | 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...

Don’t fall for ‘gifting cloud’ pyramid schemes, warn Drumheller RCMP

by Marina Burghard | Jul 19, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Recent Articles

July 19,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Drumheller RCMP have issued a warning following what they say is an increase in invitations to participate in "gifting cloud" pyramid schemes in the southern Alberta town. The events, also known as "pay-it-forward clouds" or...

Real police say fake Mounties weren’t actually involved in scam of B.C. woman

by Marina Burghard | Jun 25, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Featured, Recent Articles

June 25, 2018 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) -Vancouver police say a woman who claimed to have been arrested by fake police officers in a fraud scheme exaggerated her report. Police now say that the woman was never physically approached by people claiming to be...

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