The sea otter’s deft aquatic acrobatics are truly befitting of nature’s prima ballerina. After a century of extinction on Canada’s remote West Coast, the sea otter’s re-introduction into the wild has forced it to share the stage with another species that dances to a different tune.
Countries: CA
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Dangerous Migration
Numbering less than three hundred, The Northern Right Whale is the world’s most endangered whale species. Every summer half the population migrates into the Bay of Fundy where, although whaling is long gone, fishing still poses a deadly threat to the future of the species.
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Dog Of The Midnight Sun
Dog Of The Midnight Sun, is the story of an icon, the Canadian Inuit Dog; from ancient roots in the Arctic as the working sled dog of the Inuit to its confrontation with modern technological society and sadly, it’s potential demise as a species.
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Home Improvement Fraud (CAN)/Pyramid Scheme
A man approaches several homeowners, telling them that he is paving driveways in their neighbourhood, and offers to do the jobs at a special rate. He takes the homeowners’ money but never completes the work. In another story, an individual loses a lot of money getting involved in a pyramid scheme promising an easy, fast return.
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Counterfeit Products/Identity Fraud
A homebuilder suffers eye damage after his fraudulent Oakley sunglasses shatter. He sues the retailer that sold the counterfeit merchandise and is awarded $70,000. Also, a young woman from Portland, Oregon, lives in fear after being the victim of identity theft. The investigation of her case leads to a raid of the scam artists’ home and to their arrest.
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Art Auction Fraud/Marriage Fraud
More than 10,000 people lose over $20 million, when they’re sold fake fine art on a national TV auction show, “Fine Arts Treasures,” by fraudsters Kristine Eubanks and Gerald Sullivan. The FBI, LAPD, and Postal Inspectors set up a sting to nail the crooks. Also, con men and women use love and marriage to gain immigration status, and then leave the unsuspecting spouses. Victims can be emotionally and financially devastated by the scams.
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Fake Diplomas/Certificate of Deposit Fraud
Resume fraud and fake credentials can hurt the reputation of legitimate academic institutions, businesses and even risk people’s lives. Three prominent experts in this field expand on the subject. Also, fraudsters set-up fake offices in a scheme to rip-off elderly music lovers. Hundreds of people are asked to sign over their old CDs in exchange for more valuable ones. All of the CDs they receive in the exchange are worthless fakes.
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Counterfeit Money and Mortgage Fraud
A look at counterfeit currency — how it is produced and how the average citizen can learn to identify the real from the fake. Also, the compelling case of a woman who finds out she is being held responsible for a $300,000 mortgage on her own property. A fraudster, pretending to be the woman, had walked into a bank and with minimal identification had arranged the mortgage. Learn how the victim survived this experience in a heroic tale of hope.
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Charity Fraud and Investment Fraud
Scam artists take advantage of people’s generosity to charities, victimizing not only the donors, but the integrity of the legitimate charitable organizations. Also, in one of the biggest cases in Canadian history, Michael Holoday stole more than $20 million in just a few years from some of the most savvy investors in the business world.
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Travel Fraud/Advance Fee Loan Scam
A travel agent is sentenced to four years in jail for defrauding over 30 customers out of more than $278,000 in bogus vacation packages. In another story, a veteran and his wife are conned by a fraudulent loan company. When the veteran is unable to get approval for a loan at his bank, the fraudster offers to do the deal instead, provided the vet pays certain fees and charges in advance.