Fraud Scheme

• 2 men charged in connection with real estate fraud: Montreal police

  According to Montreal police, the duo runs a business called J’achète des maisons CA$H or, translated into English, I pay cash for homes.

  Crime

  Dec 16, 2022
  
• Nova Scotia Securities Commission says man defrauded five people in loan scheme

  The man obtained cash from complainants, who thought their money was going to be used to secure large loans. Instead, in "many cases," it was used for personal transactions.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2021
  
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• Isolated seniors more vulnerable to elder mistreatment: Montreal senior advocates

  According to Canadian researchers, financial abuse and emotional abuse are the most common forms. During the pandemic seniors were heavily targeted.

  Health

  Jun 15, 2021
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• Saskatoon city hall suffered $1M fraud due to procedural failure: report

  All the stolen funds have been tracked down, but Saskatoon city hall is out $75,000 in legal fees, according to the city manager.

  Crime

  Dec 5, 2019
• Saskatoon recovers remaining money fraudulently obtained from the city

  The City of Saskatoon said roughly $700,000 had been recovered previously through previous court proceedings.

  Crime

  Nov 22, 2019
• City of Saskatoon awaiting court ruling on fraudulently obtained money

  Saskatoon city manager Jeff Jorgenson said a hearing was held in Toronto on Nov. 5 on the funds, which are currently frozen in bank accounts due to a previous court ruling.

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2019
• ‘I haven’t even used the app since July’: Toronto woman says SkipTheDishes app hacked

  "I opened the order and it said that there was an order being delivered to someone in Quebec," said Krystal Dindial-Singh.

  Canada

  Oct 30, 2019
• SkipTheDishes denies wrongdoing as more billing fraud cases come forward

  A SkipTheDishes spokesperson told Global News the fraud reports were isolated and denied its systems were hacked. 

  Consumer

  Oct 24, 2019
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• $400K recovered by City of Saskatoon from fraud scheme

  The City of Saskatoon said they continue to work on recovering the remainder of the money taken in a fraud scheme.

  Crime

  Sep 30, 2019
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• Over one-third of $1M recovered from fraud scheme that targeted City of Saskatoon

  Roughly $380,000 that was obtained through a fraud scheme has been recovered by the City of Saskatoon.

  Crime

  Aug 29, 2019