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ServiceOntario contract employee facing fraud charges
PRESCOTT – A contract employee for the provincial government is accused of defrauding the ServiceOntario office on King Street in Prescott. The Grenville County O.P.P. […]
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O.P.P. looking for investors, possible victims of Kingston firm
KINGSTON – Provincial police believe there may be unwitting victims in Eastern Ontario of a Kingston based firm known as Next Level Investments. Working with […]
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Former Prescott treasurer sentenced
BROCKVILLE – The former treasurer of the Prescott-based Leeds and Grenville Insurance Brokers has been given a house arrest sentence and ordered to make restitution. […]
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Social media outs another suspected perp
BROCKVILLE – For the second time this month, city police are crediting social media with coaxing a suspected criminal to give himself up. A 43-year-old […]
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May sentencing for $50K Prescott insurance co. fraud
BROCKVILLE – A former employee of the Prescott-based Leeds and Grenville Insurance Brokers will be sentenced in May for fraud and forgery. According to court […]
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Is that your bank emailing? Not likely, say police
BROCKVILLE – The latest online scam has people sending email posing as your friendly neighbourhood bank, city police said Wednesday. Brockville police said they are […]
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Arrest after cashed stolen cheque
BROCKVILLE – A Brockville woman is facing a fraud charge after a stolen cheque was cashed at a local ATM. The victim – another Brockville […]
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Nigerian caught in Brockville during fraud investigation
BROCKVILLE – Immigration officials are looking to deport a Nigerian man, caught in a Brockville fraud investigation. Police said the accused from Ottawa is also […]
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House rental fraud on the rise: Brockville police
BROCKVILLE – City police say they are seeing more instances of people being taken in relation to online house rentals. This, after police received two […]
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Second person caught in secret shopper fraud, say police
BROCKVILLE – A second person has been caught in the so-called “secret shopper” fraud. Brockville police received word Tuesday that a 19-year-old man cashed a […]