A Vancouver, B.C., judge sentenced a city real estate developer, Michael J. Knight, to one…
Top 10 BBB scams: Old schemes take on increasingly digital twist
As consumers increasingly flock online, so are scam artists. At the top of the Better Business Bureau scam list for 2017 was online purchase scams, said the organization’s local CEO Danielle Primrose as she announced March as fraud prevention month. Online purchase...
Millions sought from Vancouver company accused of processing mail fraud payments
Months after the U.S. Treasury lifted a label placing Vancouver’s PacNet Services alongside some of the world’s most violent criminal organizations, the payments processor is facing a lawsuit from B.C.’s Director of Civil Forfeiture. The B.C. Supreme...
DNA barcoding reveals widespread seafood fraud in Metro Vancouver
UBC researchers are developing new techniques to identify the seafood sold in Metro Vancouver and they say their findings, released Friday, point to widespread seafood fraud. By using a technique called DNA barcoding, researchers were able to identify the genes of...
Vancouver condo developer fights U.S. extradition to face real estate ‘fraud-scheme’ allegations
The allegations that Vancouver condo developer Mark John Chandler faces in the U.S. “leap over the line between property developer and fraudster,” a Canadian Department of Justice lawyer told B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday. While Chandler’s lawyer argued the Americans...