Investor Notices:
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...
Marriott data breach is latest major cyberattack
Bethesda, USA (April 02, 2020) – Marriott International confirmed that they were hit by a cyberattack involving a property system in mid-January. The data breach is the second cybersecurity incident in two years for the multinational hotel company leaving its...
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...
Suspect arrested for 42 Winnipeg break-ins and credit card fraud
Winnipeg (March 31, 2020) – Winnipeg police arrested 32-year-old Nelson Amiral Ferreira and charged him with 90 theft and fraud related charges on March 24. Ferreira is accused of being responsible for 42 Winnipeg break-ins and numerous incidents of credit card fraud...
Man facing 15 fraud related charges for alleged fraudulent car purchase
Whitby (March 30, 2020) – Durham police arrested and charged 25-year-old Lukas Doucet on March 24. He is accused of financing two vehicles fraudulently by using bogus identification which resulted in 15 fraud related charges. He pursued the purchases in a Land Rover...
Toronto police make Covid-19 fraud arrest
Toronto (March 27, 2020) – In an ongoing investigation, the Financial Crimes Unit of the Toronto police made a Covid-19 fraud arrest on March 26. The Toronto man, Jesse Wong, is accused of shipping multiple packages with prohibited Covid-19 test kits. One of these...
Appeal court holds up sentence against disbarred lawyer for business loan frauds
Toronto (March 26, 2020) – The Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the appeals of the disbarred lawyer, Marshall Kazman and his co-conspirators regarding multiple business loan frauds worth $1.5 million in January. Two years ago, Kazman was convicted of multiple counts...
Guelph police warn against phone fraudsters using bitcoin scam
Guelph (March 24, 2020) – A Guelph woman lost $19,000 to a bitcoin scam. Guelph police reported that the victim was called by a spoofed number, on March 18. The caller posed as a police officer on the phone and instructed her to deposit $19,000 into a local Bitcoin...
Combating BEC fraud
March 23, 2020 – Business email compromise (BEC) fraud is an increasingly common cyber risk that uses spear phishing techniques. BEC fraud often results in significant losses due to wire transfer scams. These rogues use social engineering methods to launch a...
Ex-Canadian Football player pleads guilty in College Admissions Scandal Case
Boston (March 20, 2020) – Ex-Canadian Football League player, David Sidoo, pleaded guilty before a federal court in Boston to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with the College Admissions Scandal on March 13. The father of two sons...
Don’t fall for COVID-19 frauds
March 18, 2020 – Fraudsters try to capitalize on people’s fears, uncertainties, and misinformation about the novel coronavirus. The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) warns consumers to be on the lookout for associated scams such as fake cures, phony prevention...
March is Fraud Prevention Month
March 7, 2020 – March is Fraud Prevention Month in Canada. This month law enforcement services and the Competition Bureau Canada launch their annual nation-wide campaign that educates to recognize, reject, and report fraud. It is crucial to inform the public about the...
French ex-Prime Minister Fillon on trial for fraud
Paris (March 3, 2020) – French ex-Prime Minister François Fillon is accused of having paid his wife, and other family members high salaries for years - without actually working. Now he is on trial for fraud. He has been charged with misuse of public funds, receiving...
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...
Two men ordered two-year conditional sentences for defrauding the DND
Halifax (February 27, 2020) – Two Nova Scotia men, Bry’n Ross (65) and Harold Dawson (60), each received a two-year conditional sentence on February 25 by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Justice James Chipman. The sentence followed their conviction for defrauding the...
Richmond Hill man arrested in connection with lottery scam
Atikokan (February 26, 2020) – The OPP arrested Shafqat Khan from Richmond Hill in a fraud case concerning a lottery scam. The scam was reported to the OPP in June of last year. As a result of the investigation, Khan has been charged with trafficking in stolen goods...
Three people from Ottawa allegedly wrangled $500K in immigration scheme
Ottawa (February 25, 2020) – The Ottawa police arrested (David) Kwok Fai Kwan, (Alice) Pui-Yan Kwan, and (Raymond) Kwok Wing Kwand for allegedly wrangle more than half a million in an immigration scheme. On February 14, the two men and the woman from Ottawa have been...
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...
Nova Scotia serial rent fraudster sentenced
Dartmouth (February 20, 2020) – The serial rent fraudster Nadav Joseph Even-Har has been sentenced to 2 years in prison in a Dartmouth court on February 14. The Halifax RCMP arrested Even-Har on December 18 for a series of frauds conducted in the greater Halifax area...