by Admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Financial Fraud, Recent Articles
The Brandon Police are telling people at financial institutions and businesses to be aware of a quick change money scam. Police say there has been a recent victim in the city, an individual successfully obtained a large amount of cash by using deception via a quick...
by Admin | Feb 7, 2018 | Consumer Fraud, Recent Articles, Uncategorized
A woman who admitted to defrauding the Employment and Income Assistance program out of more than $80,000 has been sentenced to 18 months of house arrest. Candace Bone, 49, pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud over $5,000 in Brandon Court of Queen’s Bench, and was...
by Admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Cybercrime, Recent Articles
Police say residents in Altona, Man., have been targeted by a bizarre email scam telling people to pay up or face a hitman. Altona police Chief Perry Batchelor said police in the southwestern Manitoba town has received two complaints about the scam, and denounced it...
by Admin | Jan 29, 2018 | Employee Fraud, Featured
Heather Grant-Jury, who once worked as a top aide to former premier Greg Selinger, has pleaded guilty to fraud. She entered the guilty plea to fraud over $5,000 in provincial court on Tuesday. Between May 2011 and December 2015, Grant-Jury incurred personal charges on...
by Admin | Nov 24, 2017 | Featured, Insurance Fraud, Uncategorized
A new report published by Aviva car insurance puts forth the claim that an extra $2 billion a year in added costs due to rising insurance fraud. The study was conducted by Pollara Strategic Insights, using electronic interviews conducted with citizens from all 10...