Latest posts by Céline Dostaler (see all)
- Cryptocurrencies are often involved in securities fraud - November 1, 2024
- Difficult to prove someone has engaged in insider trading - October 17, 2024
- Casinos can be exploited to facilitate money laundering - October 4, 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.