Gurinderpreet and Inderpreet Dhaliwal were arrested within hours of each other in 2020 as part of the RCMP’s Project Octavia investigation. But within a year of the Dhaliwals' arrest, Project Octavia quietly disappeared. The RCMP task force that targeted Canadian accomplices of scam calls was disbanded, even as those calls continue unabated and Canadians' financial losses mount. CBC is granting confidentiality to the source because they fear professional repercussions for speaking out critically on the decision to effectively end Project Octavia. Police say money mules in Canada take in money — and keep a set portion of it — in return for being a conduit back to criminal kingpins.

Source: CBC News April 08, 2022 23:00 UTC