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Shaamini Yogaretnam

Ottawa

Justice, Police and Crime Reporter at CBOT-TV (Ottawa, ON)

justice, crime and police reporter @CBCOttawa [email protected] // journalism professor @AlgonquinColleg [email protected]

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  • Jan 25, 2025 | canadianinquirer.net | Shaamini Yogaretnam

    Ottawa police say they’re receiving daily reports of cryptocurrency fraud from victims who have been swindled out of their savings and investments, with very little chance of getting their money back. The largest loss to date involved a victim who was bilked of $2 million, police said. Acting Sgt. Alex Wolf, a detective in the Ottawa Police Service’s organized fraud unit, said the reported cases likely represent only a fraction of the fraud that’s occurring.

  • Jan 24, 2025 | cbc.ca | Shaamini Yogaretnam

    Ottawa·NewOttawa police say they're receiving daily reports of cryptocurrency fraud from victims who have been swindled out of their savings and investments, with very little chance of getting their money back. Ottawa police receiving daily reports, but say chances of recouping money is slimShaamini Yogaretnam · CBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 minutes agoOttawa police say once money is invested in fraudulent cryptocurrency sites, it's likely gone.

  • Nov 16, 2024 | cbc.ca | Shaamini Yogaretnam

    OttawaOttawa police have charged the “gang-affiliated” cousins of two of their own officers who are suing the force for wiretapping them and their families, alleging the accused were at the top of one of three organized crime and drug trafficking networks.

  • Sep 6, 2024 | canadianinquirer.net | Shaamini Yogaretnam

    By Shaamini Yogaretnam, CBC News, RCI5 officers of Somali descent suing police board for $2.5MThe Ottawa police secretly wiretapped five of its Somali officers and their family members for months, never laid any charges, and refuses to tell them why, alleges a $2.5-million lawsuit filed by the officers. In the suit against the Ottawa Police Services Board, filed last year and reported now for the first time exclusively by CBC, the officers allege they were subjected to racial discrimination.

  • Sep 6, 2024 | msn.com | Shaamini Yogaretnam

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9 Feb 23

Three men charged in fatal beating of physiotherapist, including man whose business operated out of the property where Kyle Andrades’s body was found https://t.co/soYkkLpvLJ #ottnews

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Missing physiotherapist found dead inside commercial garage https://t.co/lyE57hJVQx #ottnews