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Fraud case charges stayed because of judge shortage in Ontario Superior Court

July 24, 2018 (Courtesy of CTVnews.ca) - Five men accused in an alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme have had all charges against them stayed because of a shortage of judges in Ontario's Superior Court of Justice. Earlier this year, a judge attempting to set a...

PRESS RELEASE – April Vuong and Hao Quach, of Systematech Solutions Inc, Ordered to Stand Trial on Criminal Fraud Charges

June 11,2018 - At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery experts should be aware of. The following is...

Peter Kroone of Oshawa Found Liable for Construction Fraud

TFC Contracting / The Cement Finisher May 3, 2018 - At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery...

Richard Glen Allison Issued Jail Time for Fraud on Company

Why Sales Agent Due Diligence is Necessary April 19, 2018 – At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery...

Judge Dismisses Civil Fraud Claim against Dirk Johannes Plate After the Criminal Court Sentenced Him to Five Years in Prison for the Same Fraud

April 11, 2018 - On March 7, 2018, Justice SF Dunphy of the Superior Court of Justice, Commercial List, in Toronto, issued his judgment in the case of Atlas Copco Canada Inc. ats Plate et al, 2018 ONSC 1588. In this case, the plaintiff, Atlas Copco Canada Inc., had...

Abid Okadia, 64, of OK Tax Services, in Toronto found Liable for Fraud

On November 25, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found Abid Okadia, born July 8, 1954, the owner and operator of OK Tax Services in Toronto, liable for defrauding a Scarborough couple out of for $90,200. Mr. Okadia was also ordered to pay punitive damages...

Eugene Glassco, Liberian Refugee, Given a Soft Sentence in a “Black Money” Scam

Breaking Cases from Canadian Courts At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery experts should be aware...

Wolf Heinrich Rubin’s Bankruptcy Discharge Denied, Court Declares Rubin’s Conduct Cavalier and Disdainful

Private Prosecution for Fraud Stayed by the Crown, Crown Not Required to Examine Witnesses

Breaking Fraud Cases from Canadian Courts At Canadian Fraud News, we report on decisions issued by Canadian Courts related to fraud, that are not reported in the main stream media, and that contain legal issues the Canadian public and fraud recovery experts should...

Trustee Denis Bertrand Declared a “Fraudulent Person” in Village of Cumberland Land Transaction

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

by Deborah McCoy | 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...

Fraud cases reported to police skyrocketing in Edmonton

by Deborah McCoy | Dec 13, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Fraud Prevention

Dec. 12, 2018 (Courtesy of o.canada.com ) - Incidents of fraud reported to police in Edmonton continue to climb year-over-year, peaking last year at close to 7,000 cases, new police data released Wednesday shows. Over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017, fraud...

Cyber crooks increasingly targeting home devices

by Deborah McCoy | Dec 6, 2018 | Cybercrime, Featured, Online Fraud

Dec. 6, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - Cyber criminals are shifting their attention from traditional computers to internet-connected devices in Canadian homes, says the government's cyber security agency. In its cyber threat assessment for 2018, the newly created...

Coast Capital Savings Warns of Text and Email Scams Making the Rounds

by Deborah McCoy | Dec 6, 2018 | Bank Fraud, Featured, Financial Fraud

December 6, 2018 - Coast Capital Savings is warning its credit union members of phishing scams, circulating via text message and email. Messages claim to be from the credit union, but of course are fake, in an effort to extra personal banking data and information. The...

Edmonton woman, 68, charged in relation to $1.4M payroll fraud

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 14, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Nov. 14, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A 68-year-old Edmonton woman has been charged with fraud and theft in relation to a seven-year payroll fraud worth $1.4 million. The woman is thought to have falsified paycheques for more than 500 former employees of an Edmonton...

Financial adviser ‘manipulated’ brain injured senior into lending him $200K, police allege

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 13, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Nov. 13, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A Winnipeg financial adviser is under police investigation for allegedly manipulating his cognitively impaired 78-year-old client into lending him $200,000 under "false pretence," according to documents filed in court....

Former WestJet employee pleads guilty to defrauding airline of $138K in travel credits

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 8, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Nov. 8, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A former WestJet employee has admitted to defrauding the company of more than $138,000 by issuing travel dollars to his friends and others who would pay him for the credits. Terance Gough pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 on...

OCS warns customers of data accessed in Canada Post breach

by Deborah McCoy | 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...

BCSC alleges $47 million investment fraud by insurance group’s top officers

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 7, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Investment Fraud

Nov. 7, 2018 - The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a notice of hearing alleging that three leaders of a once fast-growing insurance group committed fraud by getting hundreds of people to purchase unsecured loan agreements. The BCSC alleges...

$500Gs cargo redirection scheme, identity fraud leads to charges

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 1, 2018 | Featured, Identity Fraud

Nov. 1, 2018 (courtesy of Torontosun.com) - Toronto Police are looking for a cache of stolen goods believed to be hidden in public storage lockers in the GTA. In August, police started an investigation, dubbed Project Groundhog, into a cargo redirection scheme...

RCMP victimized by $100,000 credit card cloning scam

by Deborah McCoy | Nov 1, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud

Nov.1 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has changed the way it handles credit cards for gasoline purchases after it fell victim to organized criminals and the fraud went undetected for months. By the time the RCMP realized one of its gas...

SNC-Lavalin hearing begins for fraud, bribery allegations

by Admin | Oct 30, 2018 | Corporate Frauds, Featured

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...

Milton psychic accused of scamming victim of $60,000 and ‘witchcraft’

by Admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Featured, Psychic Fraud

Oct. 29, 2018 (courtesy of Globalnews.ca) - Halton Regional Police have arrested and charged a 32-year-old Milton woman, who works as a psychic, for fraud after she allegedly scammed a victim of over $60,000. Dorie “Madeena” Stevenson of Milton was charged with...

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 to an...

Regina woman, Alena Pastuch , accused of $5M fraud must represent herself at her trial

by Admin | Sep 18, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Sept. 18, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - A Regina woman accused of defrauding investors in Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia of millions will have to represent herself at trial. Alena Pastuch was charged with fraud, theft and laundering the proceeds of crime...

Trial delayed for Regina woman accused of $5M fraud

by Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Featured, Financial Fraud, Investment Fraud

Sept. 11, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - The trial for a Regina businesswoman accused of defrauding investors millions was supposed to begin Monday morning, but the plan was derailed when Alena Pastuch's lawyer advised the court he could no longer represent her due to a...

Local union sues former chairperson over fraud allegations

by Admin | Sep 11, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Sept. 11, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A local union is suing a former employee, alleging she wrote herself cheques and forged signatures to steal more than $100,000 from the union's coffers over her time with the organization. In a statement of claim filed in the...

‘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...

St. Francis Xavier University accuses ex-Coady finance director of misappropriating at least $243K

by Deborah McCoy | Sep 6, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured

Sept. 6, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca ) - St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., is suing the former finance director of the school's Coady International Institute, accusing him of misappropriating at least $243,000. The statement of claim filed in Nova...

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

by Deborah McCoy | 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,...

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