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Project Disrupt Leads to Arrests and Charges

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...

Arrests in Synthetic Identity Fraud

Financial Crimes

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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...

Fraud Case Results in U.S. Charges

Financial Crimes

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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...

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