Sûreté du Québec (the Quebec police force) is warning residents of a scam targeting businesses.…
Red Deer RCMP charge man with fraud, forgery for posing as lawyer
A 26-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta. is facing dozens of fraud-related charges after police say he represented himself as a lawyer to defraud multiple victims between December 2016 and April 2017. RCMP said they began a lengthy investigation into the suspect at the...
67-year-old Barrie legal secretary charged with fraud
A 67-year-old legal secretary has been arrested and charged with fraud over $5,000 by the Barrie Police Fraud Unit after working for over 40 years at a local law firm. The victim had contacted police after learning that several bills had not been paid and questioned...
Newmarket woman arrested in Bradford pharmacy fraud
A 27-year-old Newmarket woman has been given two charges of uttering a forged document after a South Simcoe Police investigation. On June 22, the woman went to a Bradford pharmacy to have two narcotics prescriptions filled. However, the pharmacist was suspicious with...
Christopher Cyril Colpitts nabbed in Quebec, returned to Dartmouth to face old charges
Christopher Cyril Colpitts, a former Cole Harbour man was arrested in Quebec last week and brought back to Nova Scotia to face fraud-related charges that were laid more than eight years ago. Colpitts, 43, appeared in Dartmouth provincial court Monday on nine counts of...