Derek Crocker stands in front of a replacement truck, after the one he bought at a Toronto dealership was identified as stolen.
CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week. Did you just buy a used car? There's a chance it's stolen
While it's impossible to know what criminals do with all stolen cars and difficult to track shifting trends, police now estimate nearly one-third of stolen vehicles are being resold in Canada, marking a significant increase from just six months ago, when the vast majority of vehicles were believed to have been exported.Derek Crocker bought a used Ford F-150 pickup truck from a dealership in Toronto in 2022.
"So I Googled the VIN number that was on my truck, and I found a truck for sale in Utah," said Crocker. When lawyers, real estate agents and people with cash in hand wanted to purchase Rod Pratt and Diana Paquette's Mexican time-share, it seemed like a godsend to the Edmonton couple. By the spring of 2019, they were desperate to unload the time-share. So when a broker from Atlanta cold-called and said he had a client willing to pay $155,000 US, Pratt pounced. A Mexican real estate agent and buyer joined the conversation, and a contract was signed. All that was required to seal the deal were a few, upfront payments from Pratt.
Turns out, it's a recent trend for violent Mexican cartels to turn their attention to time-share scams. While Pratt can't tie his case directly to a particular cartel, there's plenty of red flags suggesting their involvement.Emma Parsons and her mother, Carmen believe more needs to be done to prevent Intimate Partner Violence, including within the Canadian banking industry.
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