Source: CBC News, December 15, 2017 Individuals, families out thousands of dollars for travel not booked or paid for A woman who took a second job to pay for a trip to see her son get married hopes a Kindersley travel agent who has pleaded guilty to fraud will see jail time. Leslie Glauser of T&T Travel pleaded… Continue reading Kindersley travel agent pleads guilty to fraud after hundreds of complaints
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Trial Date for T&T Travel Owner Delayed One Month
The trial for Leslie Glauser, previous owner of the Kindersley business, T & T Travel, was originally set for October 2, 2017, now that trial has been delayed just over a month. Glauser is charged with fraud over $5,000 after over 250 complaints were filed with the Kindersley RCMP in January 2016. Many of… Continue reading Trial Date for T&T Travel Owner Delayed One Month
Travel agent fraud trial to begin in Kindersley
Source: Bridget Yard, CBC News, October 3, 2017 Leslie Glauser charged with fraud over $5K after RCMP received more than 250 complaints against her The trial of Leslie Glauser, a 44-year-old woman connected to T&T Travel Ltd., is expected to begin in provincial court in Kindersley, Sask., today. Alleged victims of fraud starting coming forward in January… Continue reading Travel agent fraud trial to begin in Kindersley
Canada Revenue Agency scam results in $70,000 in losses
By Cresol Agecoutay, CTV News, July 18, 2016 Seventeen individuals in Saskatchewan have been a victim to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) fraud with nearly $70,000 in reported losses since the beginning of 2016. This year alone, the CRA scam has brought 850 complaints to the RCMP Detachment in Saskatchewan and that does not include… Continue reading Canada Revenue Agency scam results in $70,000 in losses
Man charged with impersonating Fort McMurray evacuee
By Mack Lamoureux, CBC News, May 22, 2016 ‘All the material stuff we can replace that, but there is always going to be that little bit of doubt now’ Claresholm is an Alberta town with a big heart. When Darryl Rondeau and his girlfriend came to the community on May 5 claiming they lost everything in the… Continue reading Man charged with impersonating Fort McMurray evacuee
Panama Papers reveal middlemen between Canada and offshore secrets
By CBC News, May 9, 2016 Leaked data shows top Canadian offshore operators include Alberta fraudster, former B.C. lawyer A former lawyer whose business handled 1,167 offshore companies. A man who lied his way through a top job at the Alberta legislature and a dizzying stint as an offshore financial guru before landing in prison… Continue reading Panama Papers reveal middlemen between Canada and offshore secrets
The Panama Papers: Detailed Report
Source: Frederik Obermaier, Bastian Obermayer, Vanessa Wormer and Wolfgang Jaschensky, panamapapers.sueddeutsche.de, 2016 Over a year ago, an anonymous source contacted the Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and submitted encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sells anonymous offshore companies around the world. These shell companies enable their owners to cover up their business dealings, no matter how… Continue reading The Panama Papers: Detailed Report
How offshore banking is costing Canada billions of dollars a year
Source: Robert Cribb, Marco Chown Oved, TheStar.com, April 4, 2016 In the largest media collaboration ever undertaken, more than 350 journalists working in 25 languages dug into 11.5 million documents that revealed Mossack Fonseca’s inner workings and traced the secret dealings of the law firm’s customers. The Panama Papers detail a series of revelations about… Continue reading How offshore banking is costing Canada billions of dollars a year
SGI Canada warns customers of mystery shopper scam
Source: CBC News, March 28, 2016 Customers receive fake cheques in the mail with deposit and wire transfer instructions Saskatchewan Government Insurance warns customers to look out for a mystery shopper scam involving fraudulent cheques. According SGI, people have received a letter from a third party claiming to be contracted by SGI Canada. The letter… Continue reading SGI Canada warns customers of mystery shopper scam
Fraud: government credit card used for spas, restaurants
Source: Dean Beeby, CBC News, March 29, 2016 Federal employee also collected charitable donations from co-workers and kept the money A Health Canada worker fraudulently charged almost $20,000 worth of personal items to government credit cards, including visits to a spa, meals at restaurants, clothing and cash advances. An internal report on the fraud also… Continue reading Fraud: government credit card used for spas, restaurants