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OPP, Sûrete du Québec-led investigation with victims from across Ontario and Kingston that resulted in 14 people in Montreal being charged.

More than $739,000 swindled from 126 victims in the emergency grandparent scam this year.

Police in Ontario say 126 people were identified and lost about $739,000 to the organized crime group. Those arrested are from the Montreal region.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.

An interprovincial police investigation has led to the arrest of 14 people linked to so-called grandparent scams alleged to have defrauded Canadians of millions of dollars since February 2022.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.

A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to Italian traditional organized crime, according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe.