Fraud
Okanagan landscaping company scammed victims out of thousands of dollars
Vernon RCMP are warning the public about a scammers using Facebook ads after two residents…
How Okanagan, Kamloops post-secondary students (and parents) can avoid rental scams
An extremely tight rental market means people are desperate to find places to live. That’s…
B.C. strata loses fight after condo owner alleges ‘criminal conspiracy’
A B.C. strata has headed to the Supreme Court in order to settle a decade-long…
UPDATE: Disgraced Kelowna social worker gets five years jail
A disgraced social worker who stole almost half a million dollars from his vulnerable clients…
Merritt bank employee guilty of fraud
A former Merritt banker has pleaded guilty to fraud. Former CIBC employee Hope Moira Donna…
Vernon RCMP warn public to be on look out for counterfeit cash
Vernon RCMP are warning the public about a rise in counterfeit cash in the area.…
Cryptocurrency fraud costs residents in one B.C. city $2.6M so far this year
Almost two dozen people have been conned out of $2.6-million in cryptocurrency fraud schemes in…
U.S. fines German businessman $17M in fraud scheme with ties to Kelowna
A German man has been fined US$17 million for his part in an international fraud…
B.C. nurse suspended for fiddling with her timesheet
A B.C. nurse has been barred from practicing for four weeks after she defrauded the…
Former Kamloops Metis youth housing manager sued for embezzling grant funds
A Kamloops woman is being sued for misappropriating grant funds intended for Indigenous youth. Lii…
Sentencing of Oliver businessman shines light on exploitation of immigration system
In exchange for participating in a fraudulent immigration scheme, an Oliver vineyard owner was paid…
No jail time for Vernon grandmother guilty of defrauding charity
North Okanagan resident Jennifer Louis had 17 cents in her bank account when she fraudulently…
Thousands of dollars lost to scammers pretending to be North Okanagan RCMP officers
Scammers who posed as police officers seemed like they were phoning from RCMP detachments in…
Why this B.C. fraudster only has to pay back half of what he took
A Surrey man who conned a childhood friend out of $500,000 and spent the money…
Vernon RCMP reminding residents to be watchful of social media scams
The Vernon North Okanagan RCMP is reminding residents to be vigilant and take steps in…