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After shut down 39 illegal telephone scam call centers in Noida/New Delhi-
RCMP charged Dhaliwal Couple in Brampton, Canada

  • RCMP seized $26,000 in Canadian cash, and jewelry value of $114,000.

  • RCMP issued warrant for Shantanu Manik who is believed to be in India

  • Canadian losses $16.8 million dollars between 2014-2018 , including Tech Support scams, total reported victim losses are over $30 million dollars.

Los Angeles, April 19,, 2019
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RCMP- Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested and charged two people Gurinderpreet Dhaliwal, 37 and Inderpreet Dhaliwal, 36 years of age from Brampton in connection to various transnational scams, including the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) telephone scam, the Bank Investigator scam and the Tech support scam.

 
 

RCMP seized $26,000 in Canadian cash, packages allegedly used to receive victims’ money, and jewelry with an appraised value of $114,000.
Police identified the two as 37-year-old Gurinderpreet Dhaliwal and 36-year-old Inderpreet Dhaliwal.
The husband and wife couple have both been charged with

  • One count of Fraud Over $5,000
  • One count of Laundering of the Proceeds of Crime
  • One count of Property Obtained by Crime.

Both Dhaliwal's were released on their own recognizance and are scheduled to appear at Brampton Court on March 2nd, 2020.
RCMP issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Shantanu MANIK, 26 years of age who is a foreign national believed to be in India.

  • In 2018, the RCMP Greater Toronto Area Financial Crime section commenced an investigation, named Project OCTAVIA. Project OCTAVIA include The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC); RCMP Criminal Intelligence Analysts; RCMP Liaison Office – New Delhi; Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); Canada Border Services (CBSA); Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC); Foreign authorities, including the Indian Central Bureau of Investigation; US authorities based in India and Provincial/ municipal police services throughout Canada.
  • The focus of the investigation was to combat the CRA telephone tax scam - better known as the CRA scam through public awareness, disruption and enforcement.
  • The scam involved callers identifying themselves as CRA and/or RCMP and later other Federal government agencies and then intimidating victims into paying non-existent fines or taxes.

Project OCTAVIA uncovered money mules, or money mule managers, operating in Canada.

  • These mules would be ordered to courier proceeds from the scam to a specific name and address, or drop point, which led investigators to the Brampton couple said Insp. Jim Ogden.

Insp. Jim Ogdensaid:

  • We have disrupted the necessary flow of money from Canada to India which will have a big impact on the operation and the bottom line of the scammers.
  • The government’s fight against the scammers has been multi-pronged, with some telephone providers being called on to update their technology to protect against spoof calls.
  • If someone on the phone is asking for your personal or banking information, hang up and report the activity to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
  • If the caller is threatening you or your family, hang up and contact your local police.
  • If you receive an e-mail or text message making suspicious tax claims and urging you to click on a link to submit information
  • More mules are believed to be operating across a number of provinces in Canada as well.
  • THE investigators are aware of certain individuals, some of them have not been arrested either because the evidence against them is weak or because it has been valuable for police to track their actions.

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