Tag: Fraud
Police offer new details in $50K fraud that hit multiple people at nursing home
Only one person is suspected in an estimated $50,000-plus fraud involving multiple victims at a retirement home, a fact police hope will calm public fears.
Residents at area retirement home lose $50K in frauds: OPP
Several people at a retirement home in Norwich have lost more than $50,000 in frauds, Ontario Provincial Police say. Police were notified Aug. 21 of an alleged fraud at the home in the community about 20 kilometres southeast of Woodstock, police said Tuesday. The initial investigation determined multiple people were defrauded and a suspect has […]
Baranyai: Education best tool in combatting fraud
Confidence scams are as old as money itself. Their sophistication and reach has only increased in the digital age.
London man who skipped sentencing hearing turns himself in to police
A London man wanted by police after skipping his sentencing hearing this week has turned himself in to police.
2024 Michigan elections: State investigating alleged voter fraud in Macomb | Bridge Michigan
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Judge blasts, jails man caught using dead woman’s credit card
A Sarnia judge told Edward Cuthbertson he upset the lives of several people through a series of crimes, including theft and fraud.
Police issue warning after complex romance scam costs man $83K
A Southwestern Ontario man lost $83,000 over two years in a complex romance scam that involved marrying a U.S. woman he’d never met and agreeing to home renovations she recommended, police say.
Ruff warns of energy rebate scammers targeting constituents
Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MP Alex Ruff is warning constituents to remain vigilant after a wave of energy rebate scams came to his attention. “In recent weeks, my office has been made aware that there are unsolicited calls being made to residents of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound trying to sell energy rebates claiming an affiliation with my office,” Ruff […]
London man swept up in gun crackdown facing human trafficking charges
A London man whose arrest last year led police to launch a massive crackdown on gun crime and weapons smuggling faces new human trafficking charges. A woman working in the sex trade made an agreement with a man related to payment and lodging in April 2019, but the man withheld money from her and assaulted […]
Treasurer stole $94K from Southwestern Ontario youth soccer club
SIMCOE â A 34-year-old man whose fraud brought a local youth soccer club to the brink of ruin has been sent to jail for 18 months. During Brodie Chambersâ time as the Simcoe and District Youth Soccer Clubâs treasurer in 2021 and 2022, he siphoned off $94,285, falsified documents and reports, and forged signatures to […]