Immigration Fraud
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...
Ajax Immigration consultant charged with fraud
Feb 28, 2019 - Toronto Police have arrested an immigration consultant for alleged fraud. The owner of a company called Immigration Experts was working as a consultant last year and into 2019 to help clients become permanent residents of Canada. However, police say he...
Former Edmonton MLA Carl Benito facing suspension of immigration consultant licence
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...
Charlottetown siblings face multiple charges of immigration fraud
May 9 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca)Two Charlottetown siblings have been charged with helping foreign nationals obtain permanent residency status by providing false information on their immigration papers. Ping Zhong, 60, is charged with three counts of aiding and abetting...
Police warn of ongoing ‘immigration scam’ in London
April 11,2018 (Courtesy of CTV.ca)London police are warning the public of an ongoing immigration scam in the city and throughout southwestern Ontario. Individuals receive a telephone call from someone claiming to be an employee of Immigration Canada. Citizens are...
Canadians continue to be fooled by website that mimics government agency
Paying hundreds of dollars, Canadians share personal and passport information with online companies March 27, 2018 (Courtesy Of CBC.ca) - More than a year after CBC Toronto wrote about a website that has Canadians sharing personal information, passports and credit...
Burlington man charged with defrauding Syrian refugees in Qatar
Police say they found 8 victim families who had sent funds to the man totaling more than $200,000 March 15, 2018 (courtesy of The Canadian Press) - A 49-year-old Burlington man is facing fraud and money laundering charges on allegations he promised Syrian refugees...
Federal Court asked to spare former clients of immigration consultant fraudster
Xun “Sunny” Wang was convicted of immigration fraud in 2015. Now some of his clients are at risk of removal from Canada. March 12, 2018 (courtesy of thestar.com) - Former clients of an unlicensed consultant convicted in one of Canada’s biggest immigration...
Thunder Bay police warn of immigration fraud scam after a series of complaints
Thunder Bay police are warning the public about a sophisticated case of fraud targeting immigrants to Canada. In a release issued on Wednesday, police say a complainant reported a pair of simultaneous calls from people purporting to be a Canadian immigration agent and...
‘You’ll get a dead body’: Father was ‘distraught’ over international student’s fake kidnapping
For three days last fall, Mike Zhang didn't know if his daughter, Juanwen, was dead or alive. At home in China's Xinjiang province, the businessman could not reach the 20-year-old student who was studying economics at the University of Toronto. Her phone was off and...
Scam victim prompts fraud warning from Chatham-Kent police
Chatham-Kent police are warning the public about a fraud scheme after a Chatham woman was scammed for $1,850. Police said the woman received several calls on Tuesday afternoon, including one claiming to be from Immigration Canada and claiming to be from a local police...
Wealthy ‘ghost immigrants’ using empty homes to claim citizenship: tax expert
Some foreign investors, particularly those from China, are taking advantage of Canadian loopholes to become ghost immigrants, according to David Lesperance, a tax and immigration consultant with Lesperance & Associates. Lesperance cites one recent judge’s decision...
Peel Regional Police lay charges in immigration sponsorship fraud
Regional Police investigators from the Fraud Bureau have charged a woman from Mississauga in relation to an immigration fraud targeting victims, particularly from Afghanistan. In July 2017, a person contacted police to report that they paid large sums of money to the...
Winnipeg police warn of virtual kidnapping scam, last seen in B.C in 2017
Winnipeg police are warning people about a scam that aims to extort cash by making families believe a travelling loved one has been kidnapped. Police call the scam virtual kidnapping, and say the scammers contact victims, claiming to have kidnapped a loved one and...
New immigration scam is targeting international students in the form of fake immigration officials
The Canadian government is warning international students to beware of thieves who pretend to be immigration officials. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada published a special alert Dec. 15 describing the scam and urging students not to be fooled. According...
P.E.I. Association for Newcomers warns of scams targeting families new to the country
The PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada is warning of a new phone and email scams that target immigrants. The messages claim to be from the federal immigration officials and tell victims they owe money. The messages started across Canada a couple of weeks ago....
Officials looking for two years of house arrest and a $100,000 fine for Winnipeg man providing illegal immigration services
Justice officials are seeking a sentence of two years house arrest and a $100,000 fine for a Winnipeg man who provided what border officials described as an illegal "one-stop-shop immigration service." Hae Suk Yoon, 68, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of providing...
Winnipeg man facing three charges related to immigration fraud dating back to 2007
A Winnipeg man is facing three charges related to immigration fraud dating back to 2007. The Canada Border Services Agency alleges Alfredo Arrojado, who is 66, has been charged with acting as an immigration consultant without proper authorization. The agency also...
Fort McMurray woman pleads guilty to immigration fraud
A Fort McMurray, Alta. woman pleaded guilty on Wednesday to immigration fraud and acting as an authorized immigration consultant. Charie Santos pleaded guilty under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to representing people applying for status in Canada. The...
Toronto paralegal found guilty of defrauding immigrants ‘appears to be on the run’
A Toronto paralegal has been found guilty by the legal profession’s watchdog of defrauding clients of over $1 million and providing immigration services for which he was not licensed. Victor Manuel Castillo Garcia, who was licensed as a paralegal by the Law Society of...
A Winnipeg man used ties to a Russian Cultural Association to defraud clients
A Winnipeg man used his ties to the Russian Cultural Association of Manitoba to help defraud dozens of would-be immigrants, according to court documents. Vladmir Bibilov was charged with 136 counts related to immigration fraud in December by the Canadian Border...