A Tillsonburg resident is charged with one count of fraud following an investigation that determined 26 people linked to a retirement home in Norwich lost more than $190,000, Oxford OPP say. The investigation began in August 2024 when police were notified of a reported fraud at retirement home in Norwich, a community about 65 kilometres […]
Ontario’s financial regulator has revoked the licence of a London financial advisor accused of defrauding clients of more than $2 million
Free identity protection is being offered to London District Catholic school board students and staff whose personal data may have been breached by hackers, officials say. The cyber security breach occurred Dec. 28, according to a statement released by tech firm PowerSchool. In a statement, the board says the hack involved PowerSchool’s so-called student information […]
Provincial police are probing three Huron County ATM scams that cost seniors thousands of dollars.
A 31-year-old from Toronto is charged after three people wearing masks entered a St. Thomas high school and threatened a student in a washroom, St. Thomas police say. Three unknown individuals wearing masks entered the school with a student on Jan. 22, police said. Once inside, the trio located a student known to them and […]
One person is dead and three people were hurt after a crash north of London Wednesday evening, police say.
A former employee who pleaded guilty to defrauding the United Way of Chatham-Kent out of about $300,000 made a tearful apology in court before receiving a nearly two-year sentence of house arrest
Oxford OPP are reminding the public that legitimate businesses and the government will not ask for payment with bitcoin or payment cards after two residents were defrauded of $240,000 in separate scams. Police said they were notified Monday that a resident of Zorra Township is out more than $200,000 after falling for a bitcoin scam, […]
Kevin Larson, a former prominent business owner in the city, was arrested and charged this week with 31 counts of fraud.
A retail business in Exeter is out almost $10,000 after an employee fell for a Bitcoin scam, Huron OPP said. The employee of the business that wasn’t identified by police received a text message on their phone that appeared to be from their supervisor, police said Thursday. The message instructed the employee to collect all […]
London Free Press
A court has issued a garnishment order against a former London financial advisor accused of defrauding elderly clients out of more than $2 million. Read More
A Southwestern Ontario resident lost $320,000 in cash and gold in an online scam, provincial police say.