On January 14, 2011, officers from the Dauphin Municipal RCMP detachment were called to a local hotel as a patron was in the bar selling cigarettes to other patrons.
Following a lengthy investigation, the Winnipeg Commercial Crime Section have charged 13 individuals and a corporation, in connection with an Illegal Lottery Scheme – occasionally referred to as a Pyramid Scheme.
Modern science and solid investigation work played key roles in the unearthing of individuals who attempted to defraud Manitoba Public Insurance, which released its annual list of Top Five auto insurance frauds.
During this busy retail season, long lineups at the cash mean sales clerks are pressed to process more transactions than usual.
Operating a scam used to be like casting a net – con-artists mailed lots of letters or made lots of phone calls hoping to catch a few “fish”.
The busiest retail season of the year has already begun and with an increase in financial transactions comes an increase in opportunities for fraud artists.
RCMP investigation has led to an arrest in connection with complaints of fraud involving driveway paving.
Stonewall RCMP have received several complaints relating suspicious business activities in rural Manitoba, relating to individuals selling paving services to local residents.
On September 28, 2010, in the morning, Dauphin Municipal RCMP officers were called to a Dauphin bank as a person was currently in the bank trying to cash a forged cheque.
RCMP have laid charges and issued a warrant for a rest in connection with a fraud investigation that began in April of 2007.
