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Consumer Investigation Unit
The Consumer Investigation Unit has the authority to investigate potential frauds and to impose fines and penalties when warranted.
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March is Fraud Awareness Month
March is Fraud Awareness Month. The purpose is to increase public knowledge of how fraud impacts our lives, what the most prevalent frauds are, how to recognize them, and what to do if you are a victim of fraud. Fraud losses There is a misconception that fraud, in its many forms, is a cost of
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Thade does his due diligence
What due diligence can be done to prevent investment fraud?
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Should Thade Invest or Not?
Thade was telling Judoca about an opportunity to invest that his friend had told him about. He had been told that the minimum investment was only $10,000. He would make 20% back in the first two years! Thade was excited because his retirement savings were a little behind. Thade’s friend had told him that an
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Spear Phishing – don’t get hooked!
Part of my regular job is to run payroll. Like many companies, we pay our staff by direct deposit. Today, I received what appeared to be an email from an employee asking me to change his banking information. I knew this was a form of business email compromise, known as spear phishing. Spear phishing is
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Tying Restitution to Sentencing
I read an article in the Calgary Herald this week about Nicole Mann (Mann), who lost her appeal for a 2022 conviction for theft of $450,000 that was supposed to be for a children’s charity. She was convicted of two charges of theft over $5,000 and money laundering. Because of her actions, she was sentenced