Investor Notices:
Mother and daughter arrested in connection with Lester-B.-Pearson School Board fraud
Montréal (November 23, 2020) – Quebec’s anti-corruption unit (UPAC) charged two former employees of the Lester-B.-Pearson School Board, Caroline and Christina Mastantuono, with fraud, forgery, and breach of trust. The alleged scheme took place between 2014 and 2016 at...
Burlington man charged with alleged $1.3 million Ponzi scheme
Burlington (November 20, 2020) – The Halton police laid charges against Francesco Perre from Burlington in connection with an alleged $1.3 million Ponzi scheme. He is accused of soliciting investments from his victims for a stock market investment program. However,...
OPP charged nine people in private career college scheme
Markham (November 18, 2020) – The OPP charged nine people with multiple fraud related offenses in connection with a private career college scheme. The nine individuals were employees and a former student of the Royal Institute of Science Management (RISM) in Markham....
Former Toronto executive charged for bribing a foreign public official
Ottawa (November 17, 2020) – The RCMP laid charges against former IMEX Systems Inc. executive, Damodar Arapakota, for bribing a public official from Botswana. The Mounties started their investigation dubbed ‘Project Alkaloid’ after IMEX self-reported allegations of...
City of Prince George lost $700K in sophisticated computer-based fraud
Prince George (November 13, 2020) – The City of Prince George has become the victim of a sophisticated computer-based fraud. The city lost $700,000 in two transactions while trying to pay a contractor. The RCMP announced that they could recover most of one payment but...
Francesco Pezzo, Age 48, of Bradford Held Liable for Fraud in Cottage Contractor Case
November 12, 2020 – Investigation Counsel PC, a civil fraud recovery law firm, is seeking information from the public on the financial affairs of Francesco “Frank” Pezzo, date of birth August 25, 1973, of Bradford, Ontario. On June 28, 2018, the Ontario Superior Court...
Winnipeg funeral director charged with fraud in connection with prepaid funeral plans
Winnipeg (November 9, 2020) – The Winnipeg police charged former local funeral director, Chad Robert Wheeler, for defrauding families out of their prepaid funeral costs. He has been charged with Fraud Over $5,000. 76 prepaid funeral plans were sold at Wheeler Funeral...
London financial advisor accused of $1.5M investment fraud
London (October 30, 2020) – The London police laid fraud charges against the financial advisor, Chanrith Yin, in relation to investment fraud. He is accused of bilking six of his clients out of $1.5 million during a six-year period. The police allege that he convinced...
Three suspects arrested in senior fraud case
Oshawa (October 29, 2020) – The Durham police arrested three suspects who are facing numerous fraud charges. Glenda Mowbray, Bryan Robertson, and Travis Robertson are accused of defrauding elderly victims of over $400,000 during the past eight years. They are each...
BEC scammer tried to dupe government of Northwest Territories with invoice fraud
Yellowknife (October 27, 2020) – A BEC (Business Email Compromise) scammer attempted to dupe the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) using invoice fraud. The RCMP explained that a business partner of the GNWT was the subject of a phishing attack. The...
BCSC accuses woman of $3 million investment fraud
Vancouver (October 23, 2020) – The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) accused Meiyun Zhang of defrauding B.C. investors in a $3 million investment fraud. Between 2014 and 2017, she allegedly fraudulently solicited money from three investors claiming to help...
Former Nova Scotia PC candidate awaits fraud sentencing for using a forged cheque
Halifax (October 21, 2020) – A former PC candidate in the last Nova Scotia election, Paul Edward Beasant, awaits his sentencing in a fraud case for March of next year after he pleaded guilty to using a counterfeit document on October 20. He allegedly used a forged...
Brampton woman arrested for airline ticket fraud on Kijiji
Brampton (October 19, 2020) – The Peel police arrested the Brampton woman, Amarjeet Kaur Saini, for an airline ticket scam on October 15. She is accused of impersonating an Air Canada employee on Kijiji and offering fake airline tickets for sale on the online platform...
Former New Brunswick school principal pleaded guilty to fraud charges
Dalhousie (October 16, 2020) – The former New Brunswick school principal, Chantal Berthelotte, pleaded guilty to defrauding the Francophone Northeast School District in Campbellton Provincial Court on October 5. She is accused of embezzling over $5,000 while she was...
Another money mule charged in connection with CRA scams
Milton (October 15, 2020) – The RCMP charged an Ontario man, Naman Grover, for allegedly operating as a money mule in connection with a series of transnational telephone scams. The charges result from an ongoing investigation, dubbed Project Octavia. The Mounties...
Edmonton man charged for smuggling fake ETS bus tickets from China
Edmonton (October 14, 2020) – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Edmonton police laid charges against an Edmonton man, Yuexuan Wu, for allegedly smuggling 1,047 fake Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) bus tickets. On June 26, the CBSA seized a package from...
Former DND employee sentenced for role in large-scale fraud on the government
Halifax (October 3, 2020) – The Halifax provincial court handed down the sentence for a third person, Wayne Langille, involved in a large-scale fraud against the Department of National Defence (DND). Two Nova Scotia men have already been sentenced on February 25 of...
London police warn against ATM cash withdrawal schemes
London (October 1, 2020) – The London police issued a fraud warning against ATM cash withdrawal schemes. They received complaints from individuals being approached by a man who allegedly sent them a fake e-transfer and convinced them to withdraw the cash equivalent...
Calgary man, wanted for multimillion-dollar funding scam, turned himself in after returning from Czech Republic
Lethbridge (September 28, 2020) – The Calgary man, Josef Korec, who was wanted for his role in a multimillion-dollar funding scam, turned himself in to Lethbridge police on September 23 after returning from the Czech Republic. Two months ago, the Lethbridge...
Three Canadians charged with securities fraud for U.S. pump-and-dump scheme
San Diego, USA (September 25, 2020) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California laid charges against four men – three of them Canadians – over their roles in an alleged pump-and-dump scheme and a stock market manipulation ring. Ongkaruck...
Five arrested after Hydro Québec busted ‘electricity and identity theft network’
Montreal (September 24, 2020) – Hydro Québec announced that their investigations led to the exposure of ‘an electricity and identity theft network’. Five people have been arrested on September 21 in Montreal. They are accused of using stolen identities to defraud up...