International Scammers Database

Charged in US Vermont indictment (alias 'Chevy') as an asset manager in the cross-border grandparent-scam network.

Known internationally as the 'Internet Black Widow'; used online dating to target elderly men in Canada and the US, drugging and defrauding multiple husbands.

Arrested by the RCMP in connection with a multi-million-dollar smishing and automated bank-fraud ring that targeted hundreds of Canadians via fake SMS messages.

Charged in US Vermont indictment (alias 'Paul') as a high-level operator in the US$21M cross-border 'grandparent scam' call centre.

Canadian financial adviser who stole millions from clients, fled to the UK, assumed a murdered client's identity (Ronald Platt) and was convicted of murder in 1998.

Declared a dangerous offender by an Alberta court for a decades-long pattern of predatory romance and confidence frauds against women.

Vancouver businessman who pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in the 'Varsity Blues' college-admissions scandal for paying US$200,000 to have impostors take SAT exams for his sons.

Leader of a Montreal-area 'grandparent scam' ring targeting elderly Canadians and Americans; sentenced in Quebec for fraud.

Convicted under the Canada Elections Act for his role in the 2011 federal 'Robocall' voter-suppression scheme in Guelph, Ontario.

Alleged ringleader (aliases 'Buddy' / 'Muscles') of a Montreal/Burlington-based 'grandparent scam' call-centre network charged in the US with defrauding elderly Americans of more than US$21 million.

Partner of Milowe Brost in the multi-hundred-million-dollar international Ponzi scheme; sentenced to 12 years for fraud and theft over $5,000.

Self-proclaimed 'Crypto King' of Ontario; bankruptcy proceedings allege he mismanaged or lost more than CA$40 million in investor funds. Charged in 2024 by Ontario police with fraud and money laundering.

Former assistant manager at CIBC who embezzled more than CA$10 million from the bank between 1980-1982 to fund a gambling addiction at Caesars Atlantic City; basis of the book 'Stung'.

Prominent London, Ontario lawyer who used forged share certificates to obtain more than CA$67 million in fraudulent loans; sentenced to nine years in 1992.

Saskatchewan investment adviser sentenced to seven years for orchestrating a CA$16.7 million Ponzi-style fraud (Maximum Financial).

Daughter of Ronald Fast; convicted and ordered to pay roughly CA$1 million in restitution for her role in the Maximum Financial investment fraud.

Executed high-pressure door-to-door home-improvement scams overcharging vulnerable homeowners.

Unregistered Montreal financial adviser who ran a Ponzi scheme for roughly two decades, defrauding around 150 victims of approximately CA$50 million; sentenced to 11 years.

Charged alongside Chakib Mansouri with fraud and unauthorized use of a computer for a Canada-wide smishing and cyber-fraud operation.

Ontario man who orchestrated a long-running 'forex' Ponzi-style scheme that fleeced investors out of tens of millions of dollars.

Former Vancouver stock promoter convicted of stock manipulation and securities fraud by Canadian and U.S. regulators.

Historical Canadian financial operator convicted of complex fraud and forgery offences in the early 20th century.

Co-orchestrated one of Canada's largest Ponzi schemes (Syndicated Gold Depository / Institute for Financial Learning), defrauding investors of more than US$100 million. Sentenced in Alberta to 12 years in prison.

Charged in US Vermont indictment (alias 'HK') as a network manager in the grandparent-scam ring.