Insights and Stories on Fraud

Hay-starved Prairies fertile ground for online scammers

Oct. 14, 2021 at 7:35 pm CDT

High demand, scarce supplies and rising prices for hay and other feeds due to this summer’s drought on the Prairies have made a market for online scammers, RCMP warn. The urgency driving such transactions may cause ranchers, farmers and farm workers to make purchases “without taking time to properly verify […]

Manitoba crop conference recovers allegedly phished funds

Feb. 3, 2021 at 8:27 pm CST

By GFM Staff

U.S. in talks with Huawei exec on resolving criminal charges, source says

Dec. 3, 2020 at 9:28 pm CST

By Karen Freifeld

Huawei executive loses key court argument in fight against extradition

May. 27, 2020 at 2:17 pm CDT

By Moira Warburton Tessa Vikander

Canadian producers keep wary eye on U.S. organic fraud allegations

Jun. 29, 2018 at 2:29 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

A field of young corn plants in front of a sunset.

Markets enter lull period; USDA tries to root out fraud

Jun. 29, 2018 at 1:28 pm CDT

By Terry Fries CNS Canada With many farmers out in fields and buyers sitting on their hands, organics markets have entered a slow period. Laura Telford, organic sector development specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, said yellow peas may have strong potential to attract more acres once new processing plants begin operating […]

By OrganicBiz

Arrest made in alleged Alberta hay fraud

May. 23, 2015 at 2:03 am CDT

A Lethbridge businessman is due in court next month to answer to charges that a Taber, Alta.-area farm business was defrauded out of six figures’ worth of hay. The Taber Police Service said Friday it had completed a “lengthy investigation” into allegations of fraud in which hay was obtained “under […]

By Staff