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Bad cheque scam: Names and documents

Here is a list of some of the different names and documents that fraudsters have used in BC. Please note that real people with the same names may be the victims of a fraudster or of coincidence, but are not suspected of wrongdoing.

For convenience, these names are sorted alphabetically by ruse. However, because a fraudster may use the same name in a different ruse, you will want to check the complete list of names sorted alphabetically to the right. In the list containing the ruses, the names are hyperlinked to any publication with related information or documents. Of course, new names appear regularly, usually with a Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo email address.

(For more details regarding some of these names, as well as more names and details of specific frauds reported by Ontario lawyers, go to LawPro’s “Avoid-a-claim” blog: Confirmed Frauds and Fraudster Names and Huge collection of fake IDs, documents and cheques given to lawyers by fraudsters.)

And learn more about how to protect yourself from the bad cheque scam.

Names: In alphabetical order by ruse

Phony debt collection scam (includes outstanding loans, commercial debts, settlement agreements, intellectual property, breach of trust, surety bond)

Commercial loan or lease agreement (collecting on a phony commercial loan or lease)

Abramovic, Dr. Richard
Agius, Paul (email)
Aris, Izzabin Bin
Brock, William
Duckett, Barbara (Arizona Federal Credit Union Official Check for $1,500), Loan agreement/Promissory Note with Roland Webster, Driver's Licence, bank draft with Roland Webster and US cashier's check) 
Dusana, Francis of F. Dusana Heavy Duty Equipments (email) (Loan agreement/promissory note to Wendy Lewis)
Fischer, John (bank reference letter)
Gilbert, Christine
Gilliard, James  
Graham, George
Izaddin, Aris
Jackson, Peter
Kiyoshi, Yukio, of NPI Lease Company Limited (Notice to the Profession, January 6, 2012)
Kudou, Noriko
Lambert, Lisa
Lawson, David (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall – includes copies of the documentation used in the scam, including evidence of the loan, an Ontario driver’s licence, an attestation to David Lawson’s identity by a Hong Kong lawyer, and wire transfer instructions to a lawyer)
Mason, Larry
McKinley, Brian
Molden, Michael
Moore, Ken (email)
Muller, Eric
Ni, Ma Li
Ponimdang, Prateep (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 4 Winter – includes a personal loan agreement, an email exchange with a lawyer, a passport and loan agreement)
Prodromou, Tom, of Prodromou and Co Textiles Limited (email)
Prodromou, Vickott (email)
Rahman, Susan
Robertson, Rich
Rudic, Mark
Ryo, Akio (emails; loan agreement; payment receipt) [2013/04]
Shengli, Yu
Smith, Daniel
Van Hae, Joe (email) 
Williams, Edward
Williams, Fred
Zamora, Frank (email)
Zhang, Nan, of NPI Lease Company Limited (also references Shoji Equipment Leasing Company Ltd.) (Notice to the Profession, January 6, 2012)
Zimmerman, Patricia
Zoltan, Ray Richard (email) [2013/05]

Commercial sales agreements and invoices (collecting on a phony overdue business account)

Akahane, Yasuhiro of Akahane Electronics Industry (email)
Anderson, Mark of Armature Electric Limited
Andor, Fredrik (email)
Avin, Carl (email)
Basu, Pete
Bechill, Verne C. of Wuhan Iron & Steel (Group) Corporation (email)
Bertolotto, Giovanni of Binding Union (email) [2013/06]
Branson, Mark
Cheng, Peng of Wuhan Iron & Steel (Group) Corporation (email) (contract)
Cheng, Yeo Mao of Hangzhou Candid I/E Co., Ltd. (CANDID) (email)
Fortis, Ronal
Franklin, Brandon of Advantage Innovation Dynamics Ltd. (email and documents) [2013/05]
Goling, F. of Alfa Construction Ltd (email)
Hagiwara, Taro, of Hoya Corporation
Hanson, Christopher of Kong Ying Stainless Co. Ltd. (documents)
Hensen, Dan of Hensen Equipment LLC
Hill, Don of Hill Equipment Co
James, Bessant
Joon, Dir-Lee Jae of H-kwang Elect. Pte Ltd (email)
Kagawa, Shinji of Koyo Electronics Industry Co.
Lee, Chongan
Lee, Michael of Hitachi Oil & Construction/Hitachi Nippon Ferrule Inc.
Mahmood, Fady (email) [2013/05]
Mason, C.J.B. (email)
Munish, Shajesh of Usha Martin Limited (email)
Muraki, Yamanaka of Chan Industries Pte. Ltd. (emails and documents)
Kimora, Kew Lew of Futaba Corporation (email)
Knott, Martin of TEC Electric Motor Ltd. (emails)
Quen, Shi
Philips, Rachel or Rachael, Managing Director of Elect Motor Limited, UK
Rager, Timothy of Hensen Equipment LLC (email)
Roberts, Lawson (email) [2013/01], (email) [2013/05] 
Shinji, Kagawa of Koyo Electronics Industry Co.
Shui, Chen of Anhui Gujing Group Limited China (email)
Steven, Jerry
Stevenson, Ronald of Clarkwood Equipment Inc. (emails)
Tanaka, Hiroshi of BJ Group International (email)
Takaya, Fumito of Ojt Group International
Wang Xinji Po
Wei, Li of Coma Holdings Inc. (email) [2013/04]
Wood, Alice
Xiandong, Qui
Yamamoto, Yuki (email) [2013/05]
Yamanaka, Muraki of Chan Industires Pte. Ltd (emails and documents)
Yeng, Ma Li, of Yengbeijinguangzhou Electric Corp
Yin, John (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2010 No. 3 Fall – includes an edited version of a business debt letter) 
Yoshimitsu, Kiyoshi, of Yoshimitsu International Law Office in Japan

Intellectual property rights (breach of a licence agreement)

Liu, Daniel, of China Resources Machinery Company Ltd.
Nagasakii, Dan, of CCP Group International (Notice to the Profession, December 15, 2011)
Wang, David of China Resources Machinery Co. Ltd. (emails)

Surety bond services

Joseph, John of Trammel, Harper and Williams Inc. (email; bank draft) [2013/04]

Phony business loan (some of the names that "lenders" have used)

Halifax Venture Capital Corporation (Notice to the Profession, May 14, 2009)
Montreal Venture Capital Corporation (Notice to the Profession, May 14, 2009) 

Phony mergers, purchase of business

Fujino, Hiroshi aka Fujinoo, Hiroshi of Denkyosha Co., Ltd. (email) 

Phony personal claims 

Personal injury settlement for infliction of disease

Andersen, Melissa (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall – includes sample email) 

Personal injury settlement (motor vehicle)

Peterson, Jane (Cheque)

Personal loan agreement

Adone, Vanessa loan to John Anderson
Akihiro, Hotakaa loan to family friend (email)
Beckman, Paul (email, loan agreement pg.1, pg.2, pg.3) [2013/05]
Brockman, Margaret (email) [2013/21/05]
Li, Yu Sheng, loan to friend
Ponimdang, Prateep loan to friend, Ms. Lisa Jin (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 4 Winter)
Robert, Gregory (email)
Seiders, Gary Lee (email, loan agreement pg.1, pg.2, pg.3, cheque, verification of identification, passport) [2013/05]
Young, Rufus (email, UK passport, UN passport) [2013/05] 

Breach of personal agreement

Han, Akai (email)

Wrongful dismissal claims

Gilbert, Gill (Concepts Furniture Wholesale Consultancy Agreement with Owen Mason; Concept Furniture Wholesale termination letter; Cheque & Passport and email Gill Gilbert and Owen Mason)
Gill, Gilbert (Concepts Furniture Wholesale Consultancy Agreement with Owen Mason; Concept Furniture Wholesale termination letter; Cheque & Passport and email Gill Gilbert and Owen Mason)
Mason, Owen (email Owen Mason and Gill Gilbert; Letter & Cheque Owen Mason, Cheque & Passport Gilbert)

Personal injury settlement between employer and employee 

Andersson, Jehan (email) [2013/04]
Cluster, Patrick
Lunn, Graham Jackie
Park, Michael
Savage, Tammy
Sullivan, Terry (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall – includes sample email)

Phony debt collection in the matrimonial context

Andersen, Melissa (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall – includes sample email)
Blumenkrantz, Brenda
Brewer, Tammy
Burany, Julie
Chipman, Donna
Denman, Brian
Goldbery, Alice (email), (email) [2013/06]
Hachiro, Zain (email)
Hamasaki, Diana
Heochi, Susan
Hirochi, Lauretta
Hoffman, Tammi
Hoshiko, Zaria and Hoshiko, Zaira aka Jyong, Zaira (email)
Kaidence, Jacklyn
Kazue, Masako
Kinoshita, Elena
Kinoshita, Greenberg
Kiyoshi, Stephany
Kobayashi, Akemi
Masaru, Crystal
Masato, Tanako
Mazur, Tammi
Minoru, Isabella (email)
Minoru, Janaya
Mizuki, Umeko
Nelson, Sophia
Oshiro, Mima
Sakihito, Junko (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2010 No. 3 Fall – includes a sample letter)
Schwartz, Tammy
Scotia, Kathy
Shunshi, Brianna
Takahashi, Rika
Tiachi, Hillary
Wong, Jennifer (email)
Yasuko, Williams
Yamato, Hikari
Yanai, Asako Tadashi (email)
Young, Harmony (documents)
Zukerberg, Kumura (email)

Phony real estate conveyance or fake mortgage

Cheung, Kin Hang (Notice to the Profession, June 1, 2012) (cheques and payment memo from Holcim (Canada) Inc., payment memo and SMS cheque from John Owen) Chinese passport, email, Hong Kong Identity Card and Primerica cheque for $350,000 USD)
Donald, Wayne Nava
Eliseo, Bellon (email)
Joji, Shiukmoda
Sixsmith, Martin
Tu, Jyoung Chung
Tu, Young Chung

Phony potential clients (ruse unknown)

Kuehn, Marion of Universal Medicare Ltd. (email)
Sougourov, Nourlan of Universal Medicare Ltd. (email)

Phony law firms, lawyers and notaries

Fritz Shirreff Vickers Ltd. (Note that the legitimate, former BC law firm, Fritz Shirreff Vickers, has no connection to this scam.)
Howard, Charles of Howard & Associates, LLC at www.charleshowards.com
Lianzhong, Xie (lawyer or notary name) (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall)
Paul, Alexander Patrick (also appears to be the name of a legitimate practising lawyer in California)
Sterns, William (lawyer name) (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2010 No. 3 Fall – includes an edited version of a phony lawyer referral email)
Thatcher, Pamela of Corona, California (email) (Note that the legitimate Pamela Thatcher, who used to practise law at the same address, has no connection to this scam)
Wagner Elliott LLP (law firm name) (Notice to the Profession, May 2, 2011)
Yip, Tse & Tang (lawyer and notary firm name) (Practice Watch, Benchers' Bulletin, 2011 No. 3 Fall)