Financial Fraud

• Ontario senior defrauded of nearly $1M by personal support worker, nurse: police

  York Regional Police are warning that there could be other victims after they allege two health-care workers defrauded an older woman of nearly $1 million.

  Crime

  Feb 16
  
• ‘Piggy banks for them:’ Police crack down on fake Ontario bank accounts

  Toronto Police say they have cracked down on a scheme where hundreds of bank accounts with fake names were opened by one person.

  Crime

  Apr 29, 2024
  
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• Vietnam tycoon receives death sentence in fraud case

  Truong My Lan was found guilty of embezzlement, bribery and violations of banking rules at the end of a trial in the business hub of Ho Chi Minh City, state media said.

  Crime

  Apr 11, 2024
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• Grandparent scam making the rounds in Kelowna

  In two separate instances in Kelowna, the scammer attended the victim’s residence, taking large sums of cash they had pre-arranged with the victims.

  Crime

  Nov 16, 2022
• Resident loses $108K in bitcoin scam: Central Hastings OPP

  Police say the victim said the company had been mentioned several times online and therefore they believed it to be reputable.

  Crime

  Jul 19, 2022
• Crime Severity Index increase in Moncton area provoked by fraud: Statistics Canada

  According to the Financial and Consumer Services Commission, two of the top scams in 2018 consisted of identity fraud and romance scams.

  Crime

  Jul 26, 2019
• Apsley man charged with fraud involving forged cheque: Peterborough police

  Police say a bank warned a woman about suspicious activity on her account.

  Crime

  Mar 18, 2019
• Former Winnipeg CFO busted for millions of dollars in fraud

  A 42-year-old man is in custody after allegedly defrauding the Winnipeg crane company he worked for, to the tune of $4 million.

  Crime

  Jan 25, 2019
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• Ontario customer defrauded, but says she didn’t get warning from bank

  An Oshawa woman who said she had her bank account hijacked and money stolen is angry with Scotiabank for not giving her warning something was wrong.

  Consumer

  Nov 5, 2018
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• 4 Toronto-area men arrested in ‘sophisticated’ mortgage fraud: police

  Four men between the ages of 45 and 53 are due in court Tuesday on charges including fraud, conspiracy, forgery and money laundering.

  Crime

  Mar 6, 2018