A 53 year-old male from Mississauga, Ontario is facing 21 charges, most of them relating to the fraudulent use of credit card information. Police investigators anticipate more charges will follow as they continue the investigation. On September 3, 2015, patrol members were dispatched to a hotel in the 1700 block of Broad Street for…
The Regina Police Service would like to make people aware of a recent scam that has been recently reported to police. The scam, known as the “Bank Inspection Scam” is most often initialized by a phone call from a person claiming to be a bank manager from the potential victim’s banking institution who calls warning…
The Regina Police Service has been investigating a series of complaints from victims of fraud. A small construction company was hired by multiple customers to do contract renovation work (installing shingles, painting, deck building, siding, etc). Several customers paid large sums of money as a deposit on work that was promised to be completed. Police…
The Regina Police Service would like to warn residents of a scam reported to police recently. The scam is initialized by a random text or email, offering a job as a secret shopper. If you reply to the text or email, your device may have been compromised. The scam is not a new one, as…
A 52 year-old Regina male is facing Fraud and Forgery charges after an investigation into a complaint of a contractor who is alleged to have defrauded a homeowner, using a forged document. An investigation by the Regina Police Service Commercial Crimes unit found that in February of this year, a 33 year-old Regina male contacted…