by Cape Breton Post | Feb 18, 2021 | Breaking News
Feb. 18, 2021 – Charlottetown Police Service has seen a slight increase in reported phone scams over the last few weeks and anticipate that, with the tax season approaching, these scams will increase. The forms of scams vary and evolve over time. One consistent...
by Admin | Feb 12, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Recent Articles
A Sydney man was sent back to jail Wednesday as part of his sentence on fraud charges. Chad Francis Delaney, 35, of George Street, pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and a single count of possession of stolen property. The offences occurred last year in Sydney...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles
Watching her husband frantically try to get iTunes cards to pay off the fraudsters holding his computer hostage was hard for Peggy Mercer to watch. “He was almost obsessive. He said, ‘I have to get my computer back. I have to,’” she said. “I agree he is partly to...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2017 | Employee Fraud, Recent Articles
Hailing from New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Michael Rizzato, 33, has been handed an 18-month conditional sentence in connection with 17 fraud related charges. Pleading guilty to multiple charges of fraud, forgery and uttering forged documents, Rizzato initial defraud...
by Admin | Sep 14, 2017 | Financial Fraud, Recent Articles, Uncategorized
A 58-year-old Cape Breton, NS woman is scheduled for sentencing later this month after pleading guilty to defrauding her mother and her former landlord out of thousands of dollars. Juanita Ann MacNeil plead guilty to charges of assault with a weapon, false pretence,...