Ottawa police are asking for the public's help to identify a woman in an alleged…
Regulator calls on Google to ban ads for binary options, cryptocurrencies
Following Facebook’s announcement last week that it was banning all advertising for binary options, cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, a Canadian regulator has called on Google to do the same. Jason Roy, a senior investigator at the Manitoba Securities...
OPP warn of sextortion scam targeting men, victims were targeted on Facebook
Ontario Provincial Police in East Algoma are investigating three separate cases of an online sex scam involving blackmail. Constable Bev Gauthier says the first complaint came from Elliot Lake in early December, while the other two are from Blind River. She says the...
Penticton woman scammed out of $10,000 after falling for a Facebook scam
A Penticton woman is out almost $10,000, after falling for what she now believes was an online scam, police have reported. Last week, the local resident received a message over Facebook from an unknown person who requested money. “It is another questionable action on...
Hants County, NS woman sentenced for fraud, extortion charge dismissed
A Hants County, N.S. woman who was originally charged with two counts of extortion has been handed a conditional discharge with probation after pleading guilty to fraud. Tasha Nicole Farmer pleaded not guilty earlier this year to charges of inducing a man with threats...