25 Canadians Indicted in $21 Million 'Grandparent Scam' Targeting US Seniors

Scammers Contacted Every Adult in Canada

Canada has a population of about 40 million people. A story in Maclean's about the spread of phone scams contains the remarkable nugget that one particular scam operation managed to contact each and every adult in the country by phone, email, or in some other fashion. It was known as...

25 Canadians Arrested for Scamming Over $21 Million From Elderly Americans

Authorities have arrested 25 Canadian nationals for allegedly defrauding elderly Americans of millions of dollars in a fake bail bond scheme, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The provisional arrests, executed by Canadian law enforcement, came after the 25 individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in Vermont for taking part in a “grandparent scam” uncovered by the ICE, the agency said in a March 5 statement. In…

$21M stolen from hundreds of US retirees in ‘grandparent scam,' prosecutors say

Twenty-five Canadian suspects are charged with bilking American elders of $21 million as part of a “grandparent scam,” according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday. All 25, said to have operated out of Montreal and resided there or elsewhere in the province of Quebec, were charged with wire fraud in a case alleging they were part of a tech-savvy operation that victimized hundreds of U.S. retirees, the U.S. attorney for Vermont said in a st…

25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-million dollar “grandparent scam” charged in Vermont

by Rich Mitchell at CDN - Burlington, Vt. – Canadian law enforcement provisionally arrested 23 Canadian nationals March 4 after they were indicted by a federal grand jury in Vermont for participation in a “grandparent scam” uncovered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The scam allegedly defrauded elderly individuals in more than 40 states of over … Click to read the rest HERE-> 25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-millio…

23 arrested in Montreal area in grandparent scam targeting Americans

23 arrested in Montreal area as suspects in grandparent scam targeting Americans

25 Canadians face U.S. charges over multi-million-dollar grandparent scam

The U.S. Attorney's Office says 24 Quebecers and one person from Ontario defrauded American seniors of $21 million.