An Ontario judge has taken the rare approach in a sentencing decision to urge the…
Some registered massage therapists in unregulated provinces offering sex for sale and insurance receipts
June 21, 2021 – A CBC investigation in Montreal, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Calgary has found that some massage therapists who are members of professional associations are offering sex for sale. Those same businesses also provide receipts to clients so they can be...
CBRM tow truck bylaw on hold over fraud concerns
Jun 21, 2021 – Insurance and towing industry officials are raising the spectre of fraud and corruption — and higher insurance premiums for consumers — while weighing in on opposite sides of a proposed tow truck bylaw in Cape Breton Regional Municipality. In a...
Insurance fraud a growing issue in Canada
May 7, 2021 – Haley Dawn Stoddard, 50, filed for her second bankruptcy on September 22, 2017. She had previously filed for bankruptcy in 2006. According to court documents, of her total $58,499 in declared total debt, $32,000 was Employment Insurance (EI)...
Judge sounds off on tow truck turf wars and insurance fraud
April 26, 2021 – An Ontario judge has sounded a warning over the wild west of tow truck wars in one of the first court cases stemming from last year’s police crackdown. Justice David Rose has called for the government to step in. “The fake car accident industry...