Fraud Investigation

• Police bust $3M fraud targeting Ontario cleaning business over 15 years

  According to police, five additional suspects remain outstanding in a long-term fraud investigation involving an employee allegedly redirecting more than $3 million.

  Canada

  Mar 6
  
• Calgary police say 25 firearms seized, 50 charges laid after fraud investigation

  Two residents of Willow Creek, Alta., face a number of firearm- and fraud-related charges involving the estate sale of a large number of rare guns.

  Crime

  Oct 29, 2025
  
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• Ontario financial adviser charged in $1.8M fraud investigation

  A financial adviser from Orillia has been arrested after Ontario Provincial Police allege he defrauded clients of more than $1.8 million.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2025
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• Manitoba RCMP charge former municipal executive in fraud investigation

  Police said they interviewed a number of witnesses and examined extensive financial records before the arrest of a former chief administrative officer of Gilbert Plains.

  Crime

  Jan 23, 2025
• Estlin, Sask. contractor charged after police say victims lost $258K in 48 cases

  Contractor Joseph Alan Myers is charged in relation to a fraud investigation in which police received 48 complaints from victims who lost over $258,000.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
• Oneida Nation councillor suspended ‘until further notice’ after charge for alleged $150K fraud

  According to Middlesex OPP, 54-year-old Ursula Doxtator was arrested and charged on Nov. 24 with fraud over $5,000 and attempting to use a forged document. 

  Crime

  Dec 1, 2023
• Victim’s identity stolen, property sold by suspects who stole the proceeds: Peel police

  According to police, in one instance, after the property was empty, the suspects allegedly took the property owner's identity, opened accounts in their name and sold the property.

  Crime

  Aug 25, 2023
• Former employee charged after boss defrauded nearly $12K: Guelph police

  A south end business reportedly found more than 80 suspicious transactions credited to a Guelph woman's debit or credit cards, totaling almost $12,000 in refunds.

  Crime

  Jul 18, 2023
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• Suspect sought after nearly $17K charged to fraudulent credit cards at Toronto hotel

  Toronto police said on June 9, officers were called to a hotel in the downtown core for reports of a fraud.

  Crime

  Jun 21, 2023
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• Suspected ‘fraud factory’ bust results in seizure of $300K in goods: Burnaby RCMP

  Police seized industrial printers, excavators, hard drives, laser engravers, a VIN plate stamping machine and more, and arrested four men in the investigation.

  Crime

  May 12, 2023