Cross-Country Fraud Check-Up | December 2008

​Law societies across the country have been posting notices alerting lawyers to fraud schemes targeting other lawyers.  The reported facts are remarkably consistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction so if you've not seen any of these schemes in your neighbourhood yet, keep watch.  Here are some of the most recent notices:
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• Warning to the Profession - Manitoba Lawyers Recently the Target of Fraud (Law Society of Manitoba)
• Law Society Issues a New Fraud Alert (Law Society of Upper Canada)
• B.C. Law Firm Victim of Counterfeit Cheque Scam  (Law Society of British Columbia)
• Fraud Alert (Nova Scotia Barristers' Society)
• Attempts at Frauds at Certain Members of the Quebec Bar (Barreau du Quebec)

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