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Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts May 27, 2019
At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators...
read more Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 26, 2019
At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, securities regulators, and...
read more Breaking Fraud Cases from the Courts April 12, 2019
At Canadian Fraud News, we review the decisions as they are released by Canadian Courts and then publish those which we believe are of interest to private sector civil fraud recovery lawyers and investigators, as well as public law enforcement, security regulators and...
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City Of Ottawa treasurer tricked into wiring $100K US to fraudster
April 9, 2019 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - City treasurer Marian Simulik fell for a "fake CEO scam" and wired more than $100,000 to a fraudster last summer, according to a startling report from Ottawa's audit general released Monday afternoon. Many people...
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Ont. woman charged in social media fraud case, dozens of victims uncovered
April 5, 2019 (Courtesy of the Canadian Press) - A woman from Welland, Ont., is facing new charges over fraudulent use of personal information from social media. Police allege two women used information from friends' Facebook pages to create false identity...
read more Breaking Court Decisions For The Week Of March 25th
Every week the staff of Canadian Fraud News collects and publishes breaking fraud related court decisions not otherwise reported by mainstream media. Below is our weekly summary for the week of March 25, 2019 R. v. Arthur Wong, 2019 BCPC 32 In a decision dated March...
read more Plate v. Atlas Copco Canada Inc., 2019 ONCA 196
Petrochemical Commercial v. Nexus Management Group, 2019 ONSC 1142
R. v. Grace Angela Palmer, 2019 BCSC 342
R. v. Arthur Wong, 2019 BCPC 32
Norman Groot Discusses Fraud Recovery On the Wolf Of Bay Street
Mar.28, 2019 - Recently, Norman Groot of Investigation Counsel PC, visited the Wolf of Bay Street, Wolfgang Klein, to discuss fraud recovery litigation and share some of his previous fraud recovery stories. Listen to the full interview below.
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Police warn of SIM-swapping scam after three incidents in Edmonton
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...
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Edmonton police warn of providing too much information in obituaries
Mar 15, 2019 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Edmonton police are warning people to be cautious about how much they include in a family member’s obituary. Police said they are investigating a case where one person is accused of using obituary information to commit around 110...
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Calgary police look to identify 4 suspects in $200k Canada-wide bitcoin fraud
March 13, 2019 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - Calgary police are looking to the public to help identify four men suspected in a $200,000 bitcoin fraud that included attacks in seven Canadian cities. The Calgary Police Service cybercrime team's investigation began in...
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Conviction upheld in Court of Appeal ruling – One of three involved in fraud was lawyer
Mar. 12, 2019 ( Courtesy of lawtimesnews.com )- The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction and sentence of the third defendant in an unusual scheme where a Toronto lawyer and two other men committed a nearly $2-million fraud against RBC to purchase...
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Man arrested in alleged fraudulent auto insurance scam
Mar. 5, 2018 (Courtesy of The Canadian Press ) - Ontario Provincial Police are issuing a warning after arresting a man for allegedly selling fake auto insurance. They say they arrested 38-year-old Sherif Aly in February and charged him with two counts each of fraud...
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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...
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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...
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Support worker who stole from the elderly arrested again for fraud, theft: police
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...
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Dad and daughter fined $4m for stealing winning lottery ticket
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...
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B.C. woman with gambling habit pleads guilty to embezzling $1.2 million from Calgary employer
Feb. 26, 2019(Courtesy of CBC.ca) - When she was finally caught after stealing $1.2 million from her Calgary employer over a six-year period, Kelowna, B.C., resident Colleen Dhuga blamed a gambling addiction. Dhuga, 50, pleaded guilty to a charge of fraud over...
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