May 15, 2018 (Courtesy of CBC.ca) - A Kitchener man has been charged with multiple fraud…
Woman loses $340K in wire transfer scam — alleges four banks did little to stop it
Feb. 22, 2021 – Vivien Zheng says she will never forget the phone call that led to losing her family’s entire life savings — $340,000. The 43-year-old was rushing to her job, selling jewelry behind the counter in a downtown Vancouver department store, when...
Arrest of Chinese-Canadian businessman sought in fraud and money-laundering case
A Chinese-Canadian businessman was charged Thursday in connection with an alleged fraud and money-laundering case involving hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of investors in China. Edward Gong, who lives in Toronto’s North York neighbourhood and has...
When it comes to seafood, voting with your wallet is harder than you think.
On Sept. 25, Canadian food industry professionals and academics wrote an open letter addressed to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency in an ongoing attempt to combat rampant seafood fraud across the country. Calling it a type of “bait and switch” when it comes to...
Naeem Akhtar charged in Synthetic Identity Fraud
Hamilton-Niagara RCMP Financial Crime Section has arrested and charged 48-year-old Naeem Akhtar from Markham, Ont. with fraud and money laundering valued at over $3 million. The scheme involved over one hundred false identities used to obtain credit cards and other...