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A sentence of 14 years in person for fraud was recently handed to Daniel P. Reeve for defrauding 41 vulnerable individuals out of about $10 million ? the harshest and longest fraud-related prison sentence to date given in Canada.

Travelers are often targeted for fraud, from booking airline and hotel tickets, to being defrauded on the ground. One of the biggest issues with travel fraud is identity theft. It is no secret that websites store personal information and those with enough know-how can easily access them. Identity theft can occur in a variety of ways and can create years of torment once dishonest individuals have your data. Below are the ways you can protect your information while traveling.

Millions of people are defrauded by inventive crooks every year, resulting to huge losses for both direct and indirect victims of fraud. To make this possible, fraudsters create ways to use old tricks and new technology to steal money, information, and other valuables from people. Avoid falling to victim to their schemes by brushing up on our 8 tips to avoid fraud.

3 members of the Chung family were arrested and found guilty of a lottery scam that netted them $12.5 million. The deception took a few years to come to a resolution.

Variety Plus in Burlington manager Kenneth Chung and his father, Jun-Chul conspired to pull off a scheme wherein they would steal and encash winning lottery tickets more than a decade ago. They stole tickets during an 8 month period that only ended in early 2004.

A respectable-looking and experienced doctor is the last person you?d probably think of to be involved in fraud and that may be the reason why thousands of patients trusted Dr. Thomas Joseph Barnard with their health.

Dr. Barnard?s practice in Ontario has some limitations. He?s not to practise family medicine as well as prescribe narcotic drugs. His office is only supposed to provide cosmetic and aesthetic services plus nutritional counselling but he?s been found to do more than what he is legally allowed to.