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Charges Laid in $6.8 Million Alberta Real-Estate Fraud as Winnipeg Confronts Arsons and Policing Scrutiny

Active enforcement intersects with growing calls for specialized units, reflecting public demand for stronger protections.

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Community activist Sel Burrows has joined calls to reinstate Winnipeg’s Arson Strike Force after a rash of suspicious fires.
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Overview

  • Alberta regulators and RCMP charged Edmonton residents Yuvraj Verma, 42, and Rohit Sethi, 50, after a JSOT probe alleged a 2018–2020 scheme that cost investors nearly $6.8 million through entities including Cancom Development and Roxdale Gardens.
  • Both accused face seven counts, including fraud over $5,000, uttering forged documents, laundering proceeds of crime, managing an unlawful lottery, and making or circulating false financial statements, with an Edmonton court appearance set for Oct. 1.
  • Investigators say investor funds were diverted from an Edmonton property project, no promised dividend reserve existed, a lottery for a Leduc County lot went unfulfilled, and mortgage agreements were altered, with assistance from Edmonton police and FINTRAC.
  • Winnipeg Police charged a 21-year-old woman after a June push from a second-storey ledge left a relative seriously injured and a Sept. 3 assault with stolen crutches, resulting in counts including aggravated assault, robbery, uttering threats, and multiple non-compliance offences.
  • Following a series of suspected arsons, including three in the Exchange District, firefighters and community advocates renewed calls to reinstate the Arson Strike Force as Major Crimes investigates, and the police chief publicly defended a court-approved encampment search warrant tied to a reported bicycle chop shop.