More than 600 Canadians lost a total of $1.2 million to a job scam using the Amazon name, run out of B.C. by Chinese criminals, according to the Edmonton Police Service (EPS).
Police said they’ve charged three individuals in connection with the scheme, where about 30 local residents lost a total of $84,000.
Officials said that local residents Chen Chen, 36, Jiameng Wang, 29, and Dalraj Gill, 35, have been charged with fraud over $5,000.
An investigation was launched in 2022 after Edmonton police received several complaints about a work from home job scam.
“Positioned as completing Amazon orders, the fake role required victims to log on to an internet platform called Sharegain,” which was operating from August 2021 to May 2022, according to an EPS news release….