A five-month investigation has led Barrie, Ont. police to arrest a man in connection with…
Alberta woman charged with multiple counts of fraud has bail hearing delayed
A 28-year-old woman facing numerous criminal charges had hoped to get released from custody Wednesday, but she’ll have to remain behind bars at least for a few more days. Samantha Joy Ellison, who is in custody at the Lethbridge Correctional Centre, pressed for a bail...
Ponzi scheme orchestrator pleads guilty to dozens of fraud charges in Edmonton courtroom
After being charged with 80 counts of fraud over $5,000, Wade Closson pleaded guilty to committing dozens of those offences in an Edmonton courtroom on Wednesday. The 47-year-old St. Albert man ran two financial companies: Optam Holdings Inc. and Infinivest Mortgage...
Edmonton convenience store manager accused of stealing $524K in lottery fraud
A former convenience store manager in Edmonton has been charged in an alleged half-million-dollar lottery fraud that was carried out over the course of a year. Police say Hassan Karim Choudhry was the store manager for a national convenience store chain when the fraud...
Dozens of charges laid in Edmonton theft and fraud ring
Four people are now facing a total of 91 charges after an investigation into an Edmonton theft and fraud ring. RCMP say they have uncovered a number of items stolen from different communities across the province. Police were initially called to a hotel at the Edmonton...