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CTV News
02-07-2025
- CTV News
Waterloo Regional Police charge three people in ongoing fraud investigation
A man holds a phone and a banking card in this undated stock image. (Mikhail Nilov/ Three people from Kitchener are facing fraud charges as part of an ongoing Waterloo Regional Police Service investigation. Investigators said an unknown suspect or suspects contacted people between May 8 and June 20 and claimed to work for Bell Canada. The suspect was able to obtain personal information from their unsuspecting victims and that information was used to buy $100,000 worth of new cell phones, which were delivered to a Kitchener address. On June 24, Bell Canada told the Waterloo Regional Police Service about the fraud and an investigation was launched. Six days later, two search warrants were completed at homes in Kitchener. Officers seized more than $40,000 of fraudulently obtained property and three people were arrested. A 37-year-old man, a 26-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman were charged with fraud over $5,000 and possession of stolen property over $5,000.


SBS Australia
06-06-2025
- SBS Australia
Australian held prisoner in Iraq freed after 4 years
Australian held prisoner in Iraq freed after 4 years Published 6 June 2025, 8:22 am An Australian engineer who spent the past four years in an Iraqi prison, is tonight free on bail. Robert Pether was jailed on fraud charges in 2021 after a contract dispute between his employer and the Iraqi authorities. In recent weeks, his family had warned that his health was at risk if he remained in prison.