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The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC; formerly known as PhoneBusters National Call Centre) is Canada's national anti-fraud call centre and central fraud data repository. [1] It was established in January 1993 in North Bay, Ontario , and is jointly operated by the Ontario Provincial Police , Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Competition Bureau .
Foreign exchange fraud is any trading scheme used to defraud traders by convincing them that they can expect to gain a high profit by trading in the foreign exchange market. Currency trading became a common form of fraud in early 2008, according to Michael Dunn of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission .
Phoenix Research and Trading Corp. was a Canadian hedge fund firm, based in Toronto, Ontario, that experienced catastrophic trading losses.The firm's fixed income trader, Stephen Duthie, accumulated losses in unhedged U.S. Treasuries that resulted in Phoenix losing approximately 75% of its assets in a month as the positions were unwound.
Scams and fraud can come in the forms of phone calls, online links, door-to-door sales and mail. Below are common scams the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs warns of. Common phone scams:
Phishing scams happen when you receive an email that looks like it came from a company you trust (like AOL), but is ultimately from a hacker trying to get your information. All legitimate AOL Mail will be marked as either Certified Mail, if its an official marketing email, or Official Mail, if it's an important account email. If you get an ...
Scammers can use your email to target you directly. And, unfortunately, plenty of email phishing scams today are more sophisticated than the older varieties that would directly ask for your ...
He was arrested on April 4, 2019. On July 30 of the same year, Hanson pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges. He admitted to defrauding North Dakota and Canada victims. He was sentenced to eight years in prison and was ordered to pay back more than $11 million in restitution. [7] [8] [9]
Bertram Earl Jones (born June 24, 1942) is a Canadian unlicensed investment adviser who pleaded guilty to running a Ponzi scheme that CBC News has reported cost his victims "a conservative estimate of about $51.3 million taken between 1982 and 2009". [1] After pleading guilty to two charges of fraud in 2010, he was sentenced to 11 years in ...