Romance & Relationship Fraud
Crime Stoppers warns against romance scam impersonating Jeremy Renner
Vernon (October 15, 2019) – Crime Stoppers Central Okanagan issued a warning on October 10 against a romance scam in British Columbia impersonating Avengers Star Jeremy Renner. The online romance scammer approaches women on social media sites with fraudulent accounts...
Once successful lawyer sentenced to six-months due to bigamy and fraud
Hamilton (September 13, 2019) – James Morton, a once successful lawyer received a six-month conditional sentence and was ordered to perform community service due to being convicted of bigamy and fraud, in the Newmarket Ontario Court of Justice, on September 11. Judge...
‘I do not believe her.’, B.C. judge convicts woman for emptying fraudulent credit cards, she received from her alleged sugar daddy
Abbotsford (September 9, 2019) – Jennifer Yvonne Thompson has been convicted of seven criminal charges including fraud for emptying fraudulent credit cards, she claimed to have received from her sugar daddy. She defrauded the TD bank of $195,059 between November 2015...
FBI indicted 80 people with fraud charges in connection to numerous online scams worldwide
(August 30, 2019) – The FBI indicted 80 people, mostly Nigerian citizens, with fraud, money laundering, and identity theft charges. The defendants are under suspicion of having conducted numerous online scams including romance and business email compromise (BEC)...
Social media romance costs Perth County resident $20,000
Kitchener-Waterloo (August 21, 2019) – A Perth County resident has lost $20,000 to an online romance scammer during the last year. The victim reported the incident to the police on August 2 after realizing that the online love affair was a romance scam, according to...
Edmonton woman seduced into $250,000 romance scam
Edmonton (July 31, 2019) – Evelyn Wichmann was the victim of romance fraud. A man which she met on an internet dating site seduced her into paying $250,000 and finally drove the 62-year-old receptionist into financial ruin, CBC reports. Edmonton police investigate the...
No. 1 scam: Romance fraud cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018
The No. 1 scam in Canada in 2018 was Romance fraud. It cost Canadians more than $22.5M in 2018
Nigerian Man Living In Canada Receives 14 Years In U.S. Prison For Leading Fraud Ring
July 31, 2018 - A Nigerian man must serve 14 years in a U.S. prison for leading a fraud ring that prosecutors in Texas say laundered $3.5 million from hundreds of victims. Ochuko Sylvester Eruotor was sentenced Friday in Austin. The 42-year-old Eruotor, who lived in...
Man allegedly convinced woman he met online to give him cash and gifts worth $100K
May 2, 2018 (Courtesy of CP24.com) - A 47-year-old man is facing multiple charges after allegedly convincing a woman he met online last year to give him cash and gifts amounting to more than $100,000. According to investigators, the pair met on an online dating...
Police seeking Grindr fraudster accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Metro Vancouver men
Christian Michael Lee Richardson has been charged with fraud, theft offences April 23,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - West Vancouver police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect accused of defrauding men he met on a dating app. Christian Michael Lee Richardson, 39,...
Halton police issue warning after woman loses $1.2M in romance scam
March 13,2018 (Courtesy of Citynews.ca) - Halton regional police have issued a public warning about a so-called ‘romance scam’ after a woman came forward saying she was bilked out of more than $1.2 million. Police say the suspect could be anywhere in the world and...
Online love scams: How to spot the warning signs
March 13, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - As romance scams continue to rake in cash from trusting British Columbians looking for love, a consumer advocate is offering advice on how to protect yourself on dating websites. "This is obviously a huge problem," said Evan...
RCMP looking for more victims after B.C. man charged with ‘romance fraud’
Reza Moeinian, 37, is accused of dating victims for months, gaining trust and then scamming them March 8, 2018 (courtesy of CBC.ca) - A Maple Ridge, B.C., man has been charged with faking relationships to steal thousands from a number of people — and RCMP say there...
Accused online dating fraudster arrested on Vancouver Island
Jordan Shepherd, 34, allegedly swindled women out of thousands through social media and Plenty of Fish March 2,2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) A Vancouver Island man accused of defrauding women for money through online dating has been arrested. Jordan Shepherd, 34, was...
Woman Conned Out Of $30K In Romance Scam, Toronto area duo are wanted on charges of fraud
Police in St. Thomas are asking for help in the search for two suspects after a woman was cheated out of $30,000 in an online scam. The Toronto-area man and woman are wanted on charges of fraud. Police say the victim was lured into an online relationship and then...
Norfolk woman defrauded out of $220,000 after falling victim to romance scam
A Norfolk woman has been defrauded out of $220,000 after falling victim to a romance scam, after meeting a man online. Meeting the man through social media he requested funds from the woman to deal with some emergencies and funds to cover taxes for the $1 million he...
OPP charge Ottawa couple with defrauding victims out of $100,000 or more
The OPP have laid fraud charges against a couple from Ottawa, in connection with a confidence scam officers say defrauded residents of the Sharbot Lake area from as much as $100,000. Officers allege that the couple claimed to have political connections, using this...
Toronto man, Nick Cvetas, charged with four counts of fraud over $5,000
A Toronto area man has been charged with four counts of fraud over $5,000, after taking advantage of an elderly relative. Toronto police allege that, Nick Cvetas, 49, was entrusted with an elderly relative bank account to help her pay certain bills and manage her...
North Bay woman loses $32,000 in dating scam
North Bay, Ont. police have charged two Edmonton men with fraud over $5,000 after a North Bay woman was scammed out of $32,000. Police say the woman began talking to one of the men on an online dating site in March. The man later asked the woman to send him money...
North Bay Police fly west to arrest scammers in Edmonton
North Bay, Ont. police have travelled to Edmonton to arrest two men there and charge them with fraud over $5,000. Police say that in March of this year, a woman in North Bay communicated with a man through an online dating service. Officers allege the woman provided...
Sudbury woman threatened after refusing to send online scammer 15K
A Sudbury, Ont. woman was threatened by a man she met online after refusing to send him $15,000. Within days of meeting on Plenty of Fish, a dating website, the man professed his love to the victim. "I was naive, not thinking straight," she said. The man said he has a...