Nicole Brockbank

Nearly a year after discovering something was wrong with their property, a couple is sounding the alarm on how they say current identification requirements in real-estate transactions are failing to protect Ontario homeowners from having their houses sold without their knowledge.

An associate of Whitby, Ont.’s self-described “Crypto King,” Aiden Pleterski, handed over more than $1 million in bank drafts payable to Pleterski last month in response to a civil search warrant.

The final chapter of CBC Toronto’s series, The Cost of Fraud, explores some of the most prominent and emerging frauds reported in Ontario last year and provides tips to help protect yourself from falling victim to them.

The Toronto Reference Library is working to save rare pieces of its historic newspaper collection from ‘vinegar syndrome’ — a destructive and contagious chemical decay process that means the clock is ticking for anyone trying to preserve history stored on acetate film.

A Scarborough homeowner is left footing the bill for damage to his appliances from a Toronto Hydro cable overload because the utility provider only has to accept liability for its equipment if there’s “willful misconduct or negligence.”

Between July 2018 and July 2021, Ontario Crown lawyers dedicated 1,672 taxpayer-funded hours to the province’s case to keep Premier Doug Ford’s now-leaked mandate letters secret.

CBC News spoke with four teacher librarians about a controversial new equity-based book-weeding process. Their differing interpretations of the process illustrate how miscommunication likely led to an inconsistent approach to weeding school collections.

Just days after Canadian NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander moved into his $8.4 million lakefront mansion, he allegedly received a threatening visit from a stranger demanding the whereabouts of Aiden Pleterski: the self-proclaimed Crypto King at the centre of a contentious bankruptcy proceeding

Metrolinx, an Ontario-run public transit agency, introduced a monthly target for fare evasion fines in September, according to an employee who was not authorized to speak on the matter. The agency says the policy is being applied fairly to all riders and that employees are receiving anti-bias training.

Crown lawyers withdrew a fraud charge against a Toronto man who had been found liable for fraud in civil court for misappropriating more than $600,000 in an email phishing scheme because they determined the prosecution wasn’t in the public interest, CBC Toronto has learned.

Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King Aiden Pleterski’s recent international travels are raising questions about how the 25-year-old continues to fund his lifestyle while bankrupt — and what the bankruptcy proceeding can and can’t do to investigate, and potentially prevent, his travel spending.

A Greater Toronto Area travel agent says he believes Air Transat is dropping base fares on its flights to as low as $2 to avoid paying commissions to travel agents and argues that the low base fares are misleading to consumers.

Canadian NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won what’s likely to be a precedent-setting lawsuit to undo his $8.4-million purchase of a Burlington, Ont., lakefront mansion where self-described Crypto King Aiden Pleterski used to live.

In January 2022, a CBC Toronto investigation revealed how lengthy 911 wait times are more than one-offs in Canada’s largest city amid staffing shortages. Now nearly two years later, internal reports have revealed wait times on hold for 911 in Toronto have only grown longer and are happening more frequently.

A CBC Toronto investigation revealed listings for the switchblade, along with what appeared to be stun guns and brass knuckles, which are considered prohibited weapons in Canada. All of the listings have since been taken down.

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the Ontario government does not have to disclose Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters in a unanimous decision issued Friday.

An associate of Ontario’s self-described Crypto King was sentenced to five months in jail for contempt of court in Oshawa, Ont. Friday. The sentence stems from a lawsuit against Colin Murphy, 27, filed by an investor trying to recover $120,000 given to Murphy to invest in ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski’s cryptocurrency investment operation.

A Toronto businessman continues to face new claims of wage theft and government orders to pay employees in the years since he and his companies were charged for not complying with Ontario Ministry of Labour orders to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages in 2019.

More than a dozen current and former Shoppers Drug Mart associate owners and pharmacists tell CBC News the chain set targets for medication reviews, and corporate management pressures owners to meet them. This despite president Jeff Leger’s denial last month that the chain has such targets.

A Thornhill, Ont., man solicited at least $3.5 million for an alleged Ponzi scheme while charged with fraud for a prior alleged investment scam, according to lawsuits and records reviewed by CBC Toronto. After the criminal charge was dropped, they allege the man went on to defraud another $6.5 million from investors — bringing the total claimed to $10 million.