Latest posts by Céline Dostaler (see all)
- Police can search a vehicle without a warrant in some circumstances - December 20, 2024
- Supreme Court of Canada says bail the ‘cardinal rule’ after an arrest - November 29, 2024
- Cryptocurrencies are often involved in securities fraud - November 1, 2024
During the lockdown brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, identity theft and fraud surged. According to information from Statistics Canada, in 2016 there were 260 cases identified as identity theft. That number almost tripled to 725 by 2020. The related crime of identity fraud climbed even more, from 828 in 2016 to 4.508 in 2020. To read more, click here.