April 27, 2018 (Courtesy of the RCMP ) - Members of the Royal Canadian Mounted…
Elderly London woman taken for her life savings, three month investigation finds
The family of an elderly London woman bilked out of her savings is sifting through the financial wreckage after police slapped a 50-year-old man with a string of fraud charges. The niece of the 84-year-old woman, who declined to be named to protect her aunt’s privacy,...
London woman charged in veterans benefits fraud
London, Ont. RCMP have arrested a 61-year-old woman for allegedly collecting veterans survivor benefits that did not belong to her. The London Financial Crime Unit launched a investigation into Terrill Anne Brooke after Veteran Affairs Canada notified them of the...
London, Ont. fraud charges double in six years
The number of fraud charges in London, Ont. has nearly doubled from 1,000 charges in 2012 to 1,975 charges in 2016, according to the London Police Financial Crimes Unit. Det.-Const. Ricardo Juliao from the Financial Crimes Unit says that while scams come and go, some...
RCMP charge eight for internet fraud
Members of the RCMP London Financial Crime Unit have charged eight people with various fraud charges stemming from a year-long investigation into an internet fraud scheme that defrauded at least 75 people from across the country with a total loss exceeding $68,000....