A Medicine Hat woman has been charged with fraud as police look into a major home purchase this month that was paid for with a cheque that bounced.
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Charges against contractor have Okotoks connection
A Calgary contractor has been charged with fraud and numerous offenses under provincial consumer protection legislation after five Calgary area couples, including one from Okotoks, were left with unfinished home renovations.
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Realtor takes stand as fraud trial continues
A Lethbridge Realtor testified Thursday that Christopher Burke passed himself off as an RCMP officer when he tried to buy a home in the city in 2011.
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Top 10 investor threats expanded to 15
The North American Securities Administrators Association expanded its top 10 investor threats to 15 this year to accommodate new small-business scams.
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Alberta contractor still ripping people off after 14 years
A single mother in Red Deer is sounding the alarm about a contractor who took her money and gave her nothing in return.
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Victims in Temple rental scam say they were strung along with lies, plan to sue
Dawn Clowater, her husband and their eight-year-old daughter and dog have moved in with family.
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Would be renters out thousands of dollars in apparent scam
About a dozen Calgary families are out thousands of dollars after they responded to a Kijiji ad for a rental home only to discover they were all expecting to move into the same house.
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Alberta businessman charged with fraud over development projects
An Alberta businessman behind a number of development projects that saw thousands of investors lose their savings has been charged with fraud.
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Rental scams continue to crop up in city
A greater need for housing in Grande Prairie could very well be fuelling recent online rental market scams regarding properties throughout the city, says one Grande Prairie-based realtor.
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Mortgage alert: Borrowers change how they cheat
The good news: Fewer borrowers are lying on their mortgage applications. The bad news: The remaining cheaters may be pulling a more dangerous scam. Instead of inflating their home prices, they are now inflating their incomes and assets, according to researchers at CoreLogic.
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