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“The largest dollar-value frauds are the investment fraud,
mortgage fraud, the Ponzi scheme type things, those ones that are
carefully orchestrated and planned,” Draper said.
mortgage fraud, the Ponzi scheme type things, those ones that are
carefully orchestrated and planned,” Draper said.
“But we see lots
of the bread-and-butter type, white-collar crime, occupational frauds.
Payroll frauds, theft of cash and other assets of a business, billing
frauds, procurement frauds — the full gamut of it is seen across the
province here.”
While Alberta showed the highest median
amount lost to fraud, Ontario had the highest number of fraud
convictions at 122, and B.C. had the largest total losses at $14.3
million.