Jessica Piché

It started with a customer complaint after a minor fender bender. It ended with an alarming investigation. A Toronto driver claimed an auto body shop deliberately damaged his vehicle in order to charge his insurance company more money for the repairs. Auto insurance giant Aviva Canada had suspected a link between inflated costs at auto body shops and rising insurance premiums.

A grieving family is warning Canadians about what experts call the largest investment swindle on Earth. Fred and Maria Turbide ran a small but successful business in Edmonton. With dreams of a comfortable retirement, Fred purchased an online educational package to learn how to invest. Within six weeks, he had lost some $300,000. Maria knew he was investing some of their savings, but wasn’t aware just how much. She said he seemed tired and overworked. “He was crying one day and says, ‘I can’t do this.

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