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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 .
Contact your bank or credit card company if you paid a scammer to report a fraudulent charge. If you sent cash by mail, contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and ask them to intercept the ...
On January 16, 2009, the United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office uncovered an £80 million buy-to-let property fraud scheme operating under a company called Practical Property Portfolio in which at least 1,750 investors were conned out of £25,000 each in return for a promise of a house in the North East of England. All five directors—John Potts ...
A Canadian trader turned $65,000 into $306 million by betting on Tesla during the pandemic. However, a lawsuit shows the trader lost it all in the 2022 bear market.
Callers spoof the caller ID number of the victim's actual lending institution, swindling money from those seeking financial relief. FCC warns of 50-state scam by fraudsters posing as mortgage ...
Cuyahoga County, Ohio [98] Leveraged Fixed Income: 1994 JPY 15.4 bn: USD 0.15 bn Japan: Komazawa Gakuen [99] Currency Derivatives: 2008 SEK 1.23 bn: 7.804: USD 0.15 bn: −4.8%: USD 0.143 bn Sweden: HQ Bank: Equity Derivatives: 2010 Fredrik Crafoord, Mikael König, Patrik Enblad USD 0.15 bn: USD 0.15 bn United States: OptionSellers.com [100 ...
Carousel fraud, explained by the Dutch State. Missing trader fraud (also called missing trader intra-community fraud or MTIC fraud) involves the non-payment of Value Added Tax (VAT) to a government by fraudsters who exploit VAT rules, most commonly the European Union VAT rules which provide that the movement of goods between member states is VAT-free.
Federal prosecutors and securities regulators in Los Angeles announced charges Friday against prominent short-seller Andrew Left, alleging he made millions of dollars of ill-gotten gains.