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Doreen Steidle's avatar

Phil,

Report this attempt to FINTRAC:

https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/individuals-individus/rpt-eng

Also, contact the head of Financial Crime Compliance at the HQ of the bank that has it's branch in the Gatineau. If the branch manager isn't interested, his financial crime compliance team at his Bank HQ should be.

Good luck!

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Kevin Scott's avatar

We had our trust account breached. 150K. A TD bank in Edmonton said the fraudster was in the bank trying to cash the cheque. We told the bank to call the police -- they refused and said it was a cost of doing business. We notified the Law Society that TD would refund the money, but the Law Society said the trust account must be balanced by the close of business. We had to scramble to our personal lines of credit to bring the account full, order new cheques, cancel other trust cheques sent to clients and law firms. It was disappointing to experience the "Do not Care" attitude of the Bank, let alone the police as no one gives two hoots about the cost to the consumer and business. We need a big re-think in policing, because monetary crime is real crime and the fraudsters just move on to the next victim.

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