Media Release

Thursday August 27^th, 2015

PLEASE!, PLEASE!  Do Not Give Out Your Banking Information

Two commonly reported frauds were reported to police on August 26^th, 2015 and have seen two Lindsay residents lose nearly $8000.00 in cash to offshore criminals.

In the first reported fraud a Lindsay resident was contacted by a male party who portrayed themselves as an employee of the CIBC who told the victim that their credit card had been compromised.  The fraudster convinced the victim to turn over personal banking information and then over the course of several conversations advised the victim that he was working in conjunction with the police to catch the people responsible for compromising their card. As part of this scheme the victim was convinced to wire money via Western Union to several offshore accounts. The fraud commenced at 7:00am yesterday and by early afternoon the victim was out almost $6000.00.

In the second incident the classic Microsoft scam was used. On August 18^th, 2015 the victim was contacted by a male posing as a Microsoft representative. He claimed for a fee of $19.00 he could “clean up” her computer and make it run faster. The victim provided their credit card information and later discovered that instead of having their computer cleaned up they had their bank account cleaned out. The investigation is continuing but there is a possibility the victim may be out over $1000.00.

Police would like to remind people to never give out your personal banking information to anyone over the telephone, especially if it is a “cold call”. You should always take the time to check out the callers story with a credible source.

Impaired Driver Arrested After Trying To Flee Police

Shortly after 10:00pm last night a KLPS officer observed a vehicle go through a red light at Lindsay St. south and Russell St. west. When the officer attempted to stop the vehicle it fled southbound on Lindsay St. The officer eventually got the vehicle stopped near Logie St.

When the officer approached the vehicle they immediately noticed that both the driver and the passenger were intoxicated. Both parties were arrested and transported to KLPS where they were held until they were sober.

Charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle, refusing to provide a breath sample and flight from police is 31 year old Patrick Joseph Kane of Angeline St south Lindsay. The passenger in the vehicle, 58 year old James Graham of McGill Dr., in Janetville was charged with possession of a controlled substance (marijuana). Both parties will appear in the  Lindsay, Ontario Court of Justice on Thursday October 1^st, 2015.