Toronto Police arrested 10 people and laid 108 charges in a major SIM swap fraud investigation. In June 2023, The Service’s Financial Crimes Unit, in partnership with the Co-ordinated Cyber Centre, launched Project Disrupt into a SIM swap fraud scheme. “It was alleged that perpetrators had taken over the...

Toronto Police has made 12 arrests and laid 102 charges in a major identity fraud investigation dubbed Project Déjà Vu. Financial Crimes Detective David Coffey said the investigation began in October 2022 following a report from a financial institution that located several synthetic accounts, most of which had been opened...

A Canadian is facing significant jail time in the United States for mail and wire fraud after cross-border investigation involving the Toronto Police Financial Crimes Unit. In 2019, the United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) alerted Toronto Police about a York Region resident operating a business in Toronto who was...

To mark Fraud Prevention Month, Toronto Police Financial Crimes Unit (FCU) is raising awareness and providing ways in which citizens can educate themselves and their loved ones. Fraud Prevention Month is an annual event designed to promote the recognition, prevention and reporting of fraud. Inspector Joe Matys, Unit Commander of...

The Financial Crimes Unit has arrested three men in connection with a series of mail thefts across the Greater Toronto Area and southern Ontario. Mass Marketing investigators allege that thieves broke into Canada Post mailboxes over a period of several months, stealing cheques, credit and debit cards, identity documents and...