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Trail and Greater District
2025-04-01 12:53 PDT
On Monday, March 10, 2025, a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report about a 47-year-old Fruitvale man who was defrauded of $190,000 after investing in cryptocurrency through a publicly available website.
Months prior, the man established a relationship through social media with another person who convinced him to invest in cryptocurrency. The person provided the man with a link to a cryptocurrency website and encourage him to invest large sums of money. The man invested up to $190,000 into the cryptocurrency and website.
After months, the man learnt that his money and investment had disappeared after he transferred it to a third-party electronic location outside of his account.
The money is not recoverable.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report about an 84-year-old Montrose woman who was defrauded of $4000 after investing in cryptocurrency through a social media platform.
The woman sent $4000 electronically to an alleged investment company.
investment company
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report about a 50-year-old Rossland man who was defrauded of $322,000 USD after investing in cryptocurrency through a publicly available website. The man began sending money electronically to a cryptocurrency website in 2021.
You will likely be scammed if you invest in cryptocurrency. The public needs to take precautions and avoid buying cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency space is rife with fraudsters trying to trade the worthless digital currency for real money. Investing through social media bears the same extremely high risk of investing in cryptocurrency. You do not know who you are dealing with nor where your money is actually going to end up. These kinds of investments are likely not insured or guarantee against fraud and theft. Please keep your money safe and in your own bank account, says Sgt. Wicentowich
You will likely be scammed if you invest in cryptocurrency. The public needs to take precautions and avoid buying cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency space is rife with fraudsters trying to trade the worthless digital currency for real money. Investing through social media bears the same extremely high risk of investing in cryptocurrency. You do not know who you are dealing with nor where your money is actually going to end up. These kinds of investments are likely not insured or guarantee against fraud and theft. Please keep your money safe and in your own bank account,
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, a frontline Trail and Greater RCMP officer received a report about a 26-year-old Trail woman who was defrauded of $2700 after sending money to an alleged landlord who was advertising a residence for rent, in Trail, BC.
landlord
The woman sent the money electronically before discovering that the man was using fake identification and did not own the residence.
Rental properties are hard to find due to a general shortage of quality, affordable residences in the area. This could happen to anyone. Please do not send money electronically before meeting the landlord or agent at the residence. This will help reduce your chances of being defrauded, says Sgt. Wicentowich.
Trail and Greater District RCMP wants to identify the man in this photograph who may be involved in the assault that occurred on March, 2025, at the Beaver Valley Arena, in Fruitvale, BC. The man is described as approximately 50-year-old, Caucasian, heavy build, with gray hair and a mustache, and wearing a gray cap, black jacket, and blue jeans.
He may have in accompanied by a woman described approximately 50-years-old, Caucasian, with long brown hair, glasses, and wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.
If you know the identity of this person, please contact the Trail Detachment at 250-364-2566 to speak to an investigator.
On Thursday, March 20, 2025, at 1:33 p.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer received a report about a 47-year-old Fruitvale man who was allegedly assaulted during a hockey game at the Beaver Valley Arena located at 1777 Green Road, in Fruitvale. The alleged assault occurred during the third period of the hockey game on Wednesday, March 18, 2025, between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
The dispute between the Fruitvale man and another man from Grand Forks, BC, began over the use of an air horn. The matter escalated into a physical fight between the men. The Fruitvale man was allegedly violently thrown to the ground and sustained serious injuries as a result. He was transported by BC Emergency Health Services to hospital for immediate medical attention. He remains at the hospital in serious condition.
The Grand Forks man is believed to be 40-50 years old. Trail RCMP wishes to speak to the man about the incident.
Trail RCMP continues to investigate.
If you witnessed this incident, or have any information about what occurred, please contact the Trail Detachment at 250-364-2566 to speak to the investigator.
On March 28, 2025, at approximately 3:00 a.m. a black and orange Bobcat ski-steer loader was stolen from a business in the 9000 block of Highway 22A, in Trail, BC. It is valued at approximately $15,000-$20,000.
Bobcat
If you have any information on this crime, please contact the Trail Detachment at 250-364-2566 to speak to an investigator.
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 1:28 p.m. the Trail Crime Reduction Unit, frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officers, and RCMP Police Dog Services detained a vehicle and arrested a 41-year-old Trail man and a 34-year-old Trail woman on Highway Drive, in Trail, BC.
The man and woman were taken into police custody while a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 3500 block of Marigold Drive.
Officers seized a loaded firearm, a substance believe to be illicit street drugs, and drug trafficking paraphernalia during the course of the investigation.
A report will be forwarded to Crown Counsel requesting criminal charges in relation to the investigation.
With great support and effort from our Trail Mayor and Council, our Trail Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is again serving our community. CRU will be hard at work targeting crime hotspots within our community and keeping our community safe, says Sgt. Wicentowich
With great support and effort from our Trail Mayor and Council, our Trail Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) is again serving our community. CRU will be hard at work targeting crime hotspots within our community and keeping our community safe,
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On Monday, March 30, 2025, at 12:06 a.m., a frontline Trail and Greater District RCMP officer on patrol queried a vehicle’s licence plate on a police computer system and discovered that it did not have valid insurance while traveling in the 700 block of Victoria Street, in downtown Trail, BC. The officer detained the occupants and vehicle roadside.
The officer spoke to the 26-year-old Trail man driving the vehicle. The man was not able to produce a valid driver’s licence. The officer observed the man’s ability to operate a motor vehicle may be impaired by alcohol. A demand was read to the man who provided a breath sample roadside that resulted in a ‘warn’.
The 26-year-old- man was issued a 3-day Immediate Roadside Prohibition (IRP) under Section 215 of the BC Motor Vehicle Act. His vehicle was impounded.
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