The LaSalle Police Service is alerting the public to an ongoing trend in financial crimes and fraud. Many of these frauds occur over the internet after receiving unsolicited e-mails, text messages, and sometimes phone calls about amazing investment opportunities or lottery winnings. In the past month, the LaSalle Police Service has investigated three significant frauds involving a total financial loss of approximately one million dollars. In two of the instances, the fraud was committed after the victims invested a significant amount of funds via a fraudulent online cryptocurrency agency. Once they tried to withdraw their seemingly rapidly growing investments, they
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