Business out $10K after employee falls for Bitcoin scam

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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 […]
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Embattled London financial advisor suffers legal setback

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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
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Southwestern Ontario resident defrauded out of $320K in gold, cash

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A Southwestern Ontario resident lost $320,000 in cash and gold in an online scam, provincial police say.
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Southwestern Ontario senior loses $6,500 in grandparent scam

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Provincial police are warning the public to be vigilant after a Huron County resident was defrauded out of $6,500 in the grandparent scam.
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Police issue warning as victim loses stunning amount of money in crypto scam

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Aylmer police say a resident has lost nearly $200,000 in a cryptocurrency fraud that began on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
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The year in news: LFP’s 50 most-read stories of 2024

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Here are the most-read stories of 2024 from The London Free Press and lfpress.com:
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Q + A: LHSC supervisor on topsy-turvy year, hospital’s next steps

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Reporter Jennifer Bieman caught up with supervisor David Musyj to talk about LHSC’s next steps.  
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One-time Grand Bend merchant vows to appeal US$51M crypto penalty

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A former Grand Bend business owner is vowing to appeal after he and several of his companies were slapped with millions in fines.
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U.K. men who came to Southwestern Ontario for ‘crime tourism’ deported

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A Sarnia judge had a farewell message for a pair of U.K. men who, apparently unsuccessfully, tried scamming several local homeowners out of money with fraudulent cleaning and repair jobs while on a vacation in Canada. “Go home,” Justice Paul Kowalyshyn said Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. “Don’t let the door
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Letters to the Editor: December 18, 2024

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Review your policies as disasters do happen
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Mystery men: Police offer new details on arrested, but unidentified, duo

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SARNIA – Sarnia police and Canadian border investigators were still trying on Thursday to identify two unknown men arrested earlier this week amid a probe into allegations a homeowner was asked to pay for eavestrough work that wasn’t done. Sarnia police previously said the men produced identification from another country
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Man, 21, charged after two truck driver struck by vehicle pulled from ditch

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A 21-year-old London man is facing several charges after a tow truck driver in Huron County was injured when a vehicle removed from a ditch sped away. Huron County Ontario Provincial Police and paramedics responded to reports of a pedestrian being struck on Airport Line between Huron Street and Thames
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