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Another suspected “money mule” has been taken off the trail.
As part of ongoing investigations into international Canada Revenue Agency phone scams, Mounties in Toronto have arrested a 22-year-old man who was allegedly recruited by overseas scammers to locally receive and launder their ill-gotten gains.
Just days after issuing a Canada-wide warrant, police have arrested Naman Grover, of Mississauga, was taken into custody and charged with fraud over $5,000, possession of the proceeds of crime, and money laundering.
While the notorious CRA scams are operated and managed overseas — most commonly in India and Pakistan — the RCMP says scammers often make use of operatives in Canada both as a means to process and launder locally-obtained money, but also to distance the scammers from the stolen money until it’s been “made clean.”
Many of the local “money mules” were recruited in their home countries and came to Canada on student visas to commence their nefarious work, say the Mounties.