Financial Fraud

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• Man charged after elderly woman defrauded of $136K

  Police say the woman was defrauded of $136,469 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 29 of this year. 

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2017
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• Vancouver Police warn of new scam targeting elderly women

  Police say the latest victim was a 94-year-old woman who was told by a female caller that she needed to withdraw money from her bank account to help “set a trap” and deliver it to a man waiting nearby.

  Crime

  Nov 20, 2017
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• Harold Backer, missing since 2015, arrested by Victoria Police for fraud

  Harold Backer, a Victoria financial investor who disappeared in 2015 -- allegedly with a large sum of his clients' money -- has turned himself into police.

  Crime

  Apr 14, 2017