A man from Ontario was left with just $9 after he was scammed of his life savings which are worth more than $8,200. Ganesh Khatry of Brampton Ontario was tricked into handing over his savings to scammers. He has been saving since he moved to Canada from Nepal 3 years ago in search of a better future.
A Brampton man faked having COVID-19 in order to get out of work. He has been charged after he falsely claimed contact with someone infected with the novel coronavirus earlier this week.
Scams do not pick a season. Most scams are ongoing no matter what time of the year and even when similar scams are already being investigated after discovery by law enforcement. This is especially true in Brampton and Mississauga and so Peel police are warning residents that there are several common and ongoing scams making the rounds in the region.
A woman from Brampton, Ontario who posed as a nurse and gave people cosmetic procedures that she wasn?t qualified to perform was sentenced to about 2 years of jail time. Her victims were left with lasting physical injuries.
A restaurant owner in Brampton was scammed out of $4,600 after some thieves switched her point-of-sale terminal and stole money by issuing refunds to themselves. The restaurant owner is at a bind because the payment company she uses thinks she is responsible.
The fraud division of the Peel Regional Police is currently investigating a secret bonus program that was responsible for allegedly paying out about $1.25M in total to non-union City of Brampton employees over the past few years. The fraud started in 2009.
Brampton?s audit committee was recently made aware of a million dollar secretive fund via report. Police are being asked to investigate following the discovery of a secret $1.25M staff fund that was given to non-union staff without the council?s knowledge. Brampton councilor John Sprovieri leads the demand for a policed investigation.
Brampton Man Edmund Teelucksingh has been charged with more accusations this year after already being involved in a mortgage case last year where he allegedly bilked real estate investors in the tune of thousands of dollars.
When you think of fraud, the farthest thing that would come to your mind is for someone to get himself kidnapped, beaten up, and thrown in a ditch. That would be beyond strange, indeed!
The situation above seems to be what happened to self-described millionaire Reza Mokhtarian. Mokhtarian claimed that he was kidnapped by 10 men, was beaten to a pulp, and then was dumped in a ditch in Brampton earlier this year.
