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Fraud
Two Kelowna properties seized as part of international money laundering scheme
Two Kelowna properties seized as part of an international investigation into a multi-million dollar insider…
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
Kamloops scammers still active so far bilking victims out of $40,000
A team of scammers claiming they need fictitious legal fees are still active in the…
RCMP bust ‘sophisticated’ ID forgery lab in Lower Mainland
RCMP officers arrested a man after searching his Lower Mainland residence and finding a sophisticated…
Kamloops man misled ICBC; took home $43K
A Kamloops man managed to get $43,000 in benefits and wage subsidies after he was…
Kamloops man ‘defrauds’ EI a third time
A Kamloops man is facing jail time after he pleaded guilty to misleading the federal…
Kamloops non-profit sues former employee claiming $50K embezzlement
A Métis non-profit is trying to get nearly $50,000 back from a former employee accused…
B.C. lawyer accused of laundering $23.5M
A unidentified B.C. lawyer stands accused of allowing criminal clients to use their trust account…
B.C. senior who pretended to be a mortgage broker on hook for $60K
A B.C. senior — who previously spent time behind bars for fraud — is on…
B.C. lawyer fined $12,000 for their part in immigration fraud
A B.C. lawyer has been fined $12,000 for unwittingly submitting fraudulent immigration paperwork. According to…
Losses from crypto scams reach historic levels in B.C. as young people targeted
British Columbians are being urged to learn the signs of a scam to protect themselves…
B.C. company on hook for $900,000 after bilking vulnerable investor
A Vancouver company that duped a vulnerable woman to remortgage her home but then used…
B.C. lawyer involved in $34M fraud barred from trading
A B.C. lawyer involved in a $34-million fraudulent scheme to manipulate share prices has been…
Vernon trucker ‘duped’ in internet scam convicted of fraud
A Vernon truck driver who was "duped" in an internet scam has been convicted of…
Trial set for accused Kamloops fraudster
A Kamloops woman accused of defrauding a local business has a court date for a…
Merritt bank employee fined $300K for stealing from elderly client
A former Merritt CIBC employee has been fined $300,000 for stealing $157,000 from an elderly…
BC employee pilfers $1.9 million; blames ‘toxic’ workplace
A BC woman who stole $1.9 million from the company where she worked for 23…
Merritt bank fraudster sentenced to house arrest
A woman who defrauded an elderly Merritt bank client out of thousands of dollars will…
Kamloops judge scolds lawyers for fraudster’s proposed house arrest
A Kamloops judge wasn't impressed with a proposed house arrest sentence for a local fraudster.…
Kelowna cops stop $100,000 in fraudulent flooring purchases
Kelowna RCMP intercepted $100,000 in flooring purchased with stolen credit cards earlier this week before…
BC insurance agents submit fraudulent claims, get fined, suspended
Two insurance agents who admitted to falsifying medical treatment records and submitted fraudulent claims have…
BC financial advisor accused of fraud, took $330K from seniors
A BC financial advisor accused of fraud for taking $330,000 from a senior couple is…
Alberta man bought Vernon home with fraudulent cash; on the hook $500K
An Alberta businessman who duped almost $1 million out of investors and then used the…
Kamloops judge still ‘uncomfortable’ with proposed fraud sentence, delays it again
A Kamloops woman will have to wait even longer to hear her sentence as a…