Scheme

• Dubai, Iran and 3 men who claim innocence tangled in tale of Saskatoon fraud scheme

  “The funds were clearly stolen from the city by fraudulent means,” an Ontario judge said in ordering nearly $1.04-million returned to the City of Saskatoon.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2019
  
• Alectra Utilities warns customers of new scams

  Alectra Utilities is warning its customers of several new phone, text and letter scams targetting clients in its service territory.

  Canada

  Aug 1, 2018
  
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• Mounties warn of rise in ‘virtual kidnapping’ scams targeting Chinese nationals

  Victims of the scam are told their families are being held against their will, but no one has actually been taken.

  Crime

  Oct 23, 2017
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• Fake Full House Lottery website shut down after phishing scam

  A fake Full House Lottery website (FHLottery.ca) has been shut down after it was posing as the legitimate organization, trying to obtain personal and financial information from people.

  Crime

  Jan 30, 2017
• Pay your taxes with iTunes gift cards? Edmonton police warn it’s a scam

  Over the past few months, Edmonton police have received several reports of a scam involving people posing as Canada Revenue Agency officials to swindle people out of money.

  Crime

  Jun 9, 2016
• Hillary Clinton slams Trump University as a ‘scheme’ to prey on the poor

  Hillary Clinton took to Twitter Wednesday to call Trump University "a fraudulent scheme."

  Politics

  Jun 1, 2016
• Break-in break-down: How thieves may have used ‘flyer scheme’ to target Calgary couple

  Break-ins happen - almost one every hour in Calgary, but there was something unusual about a recent burglary in a home in the northwest neighbourhood of Edgemont.

  Consumer

  May 2, 2016
• Migrant deportations continue in Greece after four-day pause

  Amid protests, Greece Friday resumed deportations of refugees and migrants from its islands to Turkey after a four-day pause, sending back 45 people from Lesbos to a nearby port on the Turkish coast.

  World

  Apr 8, 2016
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• First-graders’ plot to poison, kill classmate foiled by fellow student

  Three first-grade students at a charter school in Anchorage, Alaska have been suspended for allegedly plotting to poison and kill a fellow classmate.

  Crime

  Mar 30, 2016
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• WATCH: Some Vancouver taxi drivers accused of bribing hotel staff for longer fares

  There are increasing tensions between taxi drivers in Vancouver over allegations some are taking part in a lucrative scheme.

  Aug 19, 2014