Now there are names behind the massive scandel!
Eric Folgora, 34years old, of Mississauga
Sean Carlos Somma 30 years old, of Toronto
Antonio Marchses 42 years old, of Bolton
Claire-Stephanie Tan 35 years old, of Toronto.
These crimal-minded person along with others who have not yet been arrested have been ripping of Americans with poor credit history, promising the credit cards with 0% interest for 3 years if they pay a processing fee of $249-$399.in October they were prosicuted for frauding Americans of over 20 million Dollars. And they are back ot it again. This years they a taken over 12.5 Million dollars from Americans looking to rebuild there credit.
They work under several different company names including
Centurion Financial Benefits, Guardian Financial Benefits, Spectra Financial Benefits, Integra Financial Benefits, Sureway Financial benefits, Simple Choice Financial Benefits, Oxford Financial Benefits and Prosperica Benefits.
File complaints with&Toronto Police's fraud squad, Ontario Provincial Police, and the Competition Bureau. Just Google the names and email the appropraite persons.
Also read this Newepaper article
Police shut down pair of Etobicoke telemarketing firms
U.S. Citizens allegedly defrauded
Sep. 30
Crime
Police shut down two Etobicoke telemarketing offices and one Calgary, Alberta location earlier this week in connection with an alleged credit card scam.
70,000 VICTIMS
The operation, which is said to have started in allegedly defrauded 70,000 people in the United States of $249 (U.S.) each under the pretense of obtaining guaranteed credit cards with $2,000 limits.
Police said its operators used several company names including Centurion Financial Benefits, Guardian Financial Benefits, Spectra Financial Benefits, Integra Financial Benefits, Sureway Financial benefits, Simple Choice Financial Benefits, Oxford Financial Benefits and Prosperica Benefits, to target American citizens with bad credit.
The Toronto Strategic Partnership in Deceptive Telemarketing, Toronto Police's fraud squad, Ontario Provincial Police, the Competition Bureau and various other organizations were involved in the investigation.
- with files from the Toronto Star
Also READ this information. THESE PEOPLE NNED TO PAY FOR THEIR CRIME! Is anyone interested in a class action lawsuit?
Distribution: Original: Corporate Communications
YRP383 (09/04E)
MEDIA RELEASE
YRP PARTICIPATES IN TELEMARKETING RING ARRESTS
Members of the York Regional Police Central Fraud Unit assisted the Toronto Strategic Partnership in
Deceptive Telemarketing and its partners in arresting members of a sophisticated cross-border telemarketing
ring which, in turn, shut down two Toronto telemarketing rooms.
On Monday, September 26, members of the Toronto Strategic Partnership in Deceptive Telemarketing,
which includes the Toronto Police Service Fraud Squad, the Ontario Provincial Police, Phonebusters, the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Greater Toronto Area Commercial Crime Section, the Competition Bureau,
the United States Postal Inspection Service, the Federal Trade Commission, the United Kingdom Office of Fair
Trading, the Ontario Ministry of Government Services and York Regional Police, executed several search
warrants which resulted in the businesses being shut down. At the same time, an operation in Calgary was
simultaneously shut down by the Alberta Partnership, who also executed a warrant.
York Regional Police assigned 10 investigators from the Central Fraud Unit and #1 District Criminal
Investigation Bureau, to assist in the execution of the warrants.
It is alleged that from 2002 to a telemarketing scheme was set up and perpetuated in Canada. The
targeted victims were mainly U.S. Citizens.
U.S. Consumers were contacted through direct telephone communications and/or through the Internet and
were offered a guaranteed unsecured credit card with a credit limit of $2,000. The low interest credit card had
0% interest on purchases and no annual fees. To complete the sale, some consumers were persuaded to
divulge their bank account information so that an advance fee of approximately $249 U.S. Could be withdrawn
from their account. Consumers made the payment and no credit cards were received.
Toronto Police investigators believe there are more than 70,000 victims who were defrauded of millions of U.S.
Dollars.
CHARGED:
Eric FOLGORA, 34, of Mississauga
Sean Carlos SOMMA, 30 years, of Toronto
Antonio MARCHESE, 42, of Bolton
Claire-Stephanie TAN, 35 years, of Toronto
CHARGE:
Fraud Over $5,000
Further arrests are anticipated and the investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to contact
Detective Sergeant Joe Zwambag at 416-808-7325 or Detective Gary Hickey at 416-808-7324. For more
information on telemarketing scams and how to protect yourself, visit www.competitionbureau. Gc.ca.
Prepared by: Detective Sergeant Kevan O'Grady
September 28
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