Brampton Uber driver defrauded Nova Scotia town of nearly $500,000
Published March 22, 2022 at 4:23 pm
A Brampton Uber driver has been convicted for fraud in a scheme where a small town in Nova Scotia was bilked for almost $500,000.
During a recent trial, a court in Nova Scotia heard how Ayoola Ajibade of Brampton, posing as an official for a construction company in 2019, asked the Town of Bridgewater to send him large sums of money electronically for work being done on behalf of the town.
Believing that Ajibade was legitimate, the town sent $490,930 to a bank branch in Brampton where he attempted to transfer $180,000 to a numbered company in China.
The scheme was discovered when the bank put a hold on the transfer while it investigated. The investigation found the bank account belonged to Ajibade who did not have any connection to the construction company. In court it came out that he was an Uber driver in Brampton.
Judge Paul Scovil found him guilty of a single count of fraud.
Ajibade has not yet been sentenced.
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The funds were later recovered by the town.
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