Fraud is a huge crime issue facing many communities. They take immense resources from law enforcement and the legal system, yet here in Cornwall many are not even investigated. The standard line of recent vintage cases from the CCPS is that investigations can take five months. Now many in the public that might not […]
BREACH Cornwall, ON – Cody Burelle, 18 of Cornwall was arrested on February 24th, 2016 and charged with breach of undertaking for failing to notify a change of address and two undertakings and one probation order for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged the man failed to notify a change of address to […]
FRAUD Cornwall, ON – Katherine Scanlon, 35 of Cornwall was arrested on January 18th, 2016 and charged with fraud over $5000.00. It is alleged that she failed to declare changes in her living arrangements to the Ontario Works Resource Centre between September, 2014 and April, 2015 which resulted in an overpayment of $ 5158.00. On […]
MISCHIEF, BREACH Cornwall, ON – A 22-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on January 5th, 2016 and charged with mischief and breach of recognizance for being outside his residence, communicating with and being within 100 meters of someone’s residence. It is alleged during an argument on December 7th, 2015 the man damaged some of his […]
Something my lovely ex wife complained about Cornwall was a lack of inclusion for we outsiders. I’ve lived here 12 years now and still am an outsider. I speak with some that have lived here over 25 years and they feel the same. Our first year my wifey tried to volunteer us at a […]
CFN – Fascinating. Looking at the search warrants laid against now former OPPA President Karl Walsh an alleged potential money trail leads to distant lands where banking is a bit friendlier than here in Canada. Theft, Criminal Breach of Trust, Fraud, Laundering the Proceeds of Crime, Fraudulent Concealment are usually not terms applied to […]
CFN – The Ottawa Police Service investigated a “Grandparent scam” scheme in progress and arrested an Ottawa man on Saturday, January 17, 2015 in the 1700 block of Riverside Drive. A male suspect called the victim, an 86 year old man, last week identifying himself as his grandson, saying he was in need of money […]
CORNWALL Ontario – It’s great to write a happy story about the Cornwall River Kings. The next chapter in their history began this week when Steve Moreau helped save the team by purchasing it after the disaster created by Cornwall’s own Criminal City Councilor Brock Fraud Frost. Mr. Frost had run as low a […]
ASSAULT Cornwall, ON – A 21-year-old Cornwall man was arrested on November 25th, 2014 and charged with assault. It is alleged that during an argument with his 16-year-old girlfriend on November 9th, 2014 the man punched her in the eye. Police were later contacted and an investigation ensued. On November 25th, 2014 police attended […]
ASSAULT Cornwall ON- On November 6, 2014, Police were called to a local business after a male employee complained of having been assaulted by a female employee. Investigation revealed that the victim had been struck by an object thrown by the female. No injuries were reported. Tara-Lynn Baribeau, 40 of Cornwall, was subsequently arrested for […]
IMPAIRED Cornwall, ON – Arthur Sampson, age 45, of Cornwall, was arrested on November 1, 2014. He was located by police on Sydney Street operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. An investigation was conducted and he was charged with Impaired and Over .08. He was released to appear in court on […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Beleaguered former Team Cornwall President Gilles Latour is watching his empire crumble before his eyes. In addition to the police charges already laid for fraud the amount of monies being bandied around have now gone from the $200K area to over $600 as the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada is […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Gilles Latour is having a rough time. The former chair of Team Cornwall recently was asked to “resigned” from the Max Keeping foundation. Mr. Latour was an integral part of the creation of the Cornwall chapter (whatever that is) of the foundation. CFN contacted the MKF and received the following […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Former President of Team Cornwall Gilles Latour (Latour Wealth Management) made his first appearance at the courthouse on his Fraud arrest. CFN has learned that the count so far is over $200,000 in fraud allegations and counting according to the buzz around Cornwall. Mr. Latour was Cornwall Mayor Bob Kilger’s bag man […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Former Team Cornwall President and Kilger bagman Gilles Latour of Latour Wealth Management is scheduled to have a court appearance in relation to his arrest on charges resulting after a five month investigation. It’s expected that he will enter an innocent plea. There also have been allegations and potential claims against Mr. […]
CORNWALL Ontario – For one area family the nightmare of what’s happened to them seems to have had salt rubbed into it. The family lost their life savings, and their home to convicted fraud artist Neil Shah who bilked people for over $2,000,000 million dollars. Mr. Shah is currently serving over 5 years in […]
CORNWALL Ontario – Gilles Latour reached out to his clients via email. We received several of these forwarded to us today (info@cornwallfreenews.com) along with some very concerned messages by clients of Latour Wealth Management. Dear , As you may have heard, I am currently facing legal challenges. I plan to vigorously defend myself against […]
FRAUD OVER $5000, THEFT BY CONVERSION, BREACH OF TRUST, FALSE PRETENCES Cornwall, ON – Following a 5 month investigation by the Fraud Unit of the Cornwall Criminal Investigation Division, 47-year- old Gilles Latour of Latour Financial Group inc. has been arrested on charges of fraud over $5000.00, theft by conversion, false pretences and breach […]