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Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Yahoo
B.C. crime news: Youth arrested in Richmond in connection with lottery cyber attack
Mounties in Richmond have arrested a youth following an investigation into a cyber attack that impacted some B.C. Lottery Corporation's PlayNow user accounts. In July 2024, BCLC became aware of a suspiciously high volume of traffic on its iGaming site, the RCMP said in news release Wednesday. BCLC's cybersecurity team determined the traffic was the result of credential stuffing. RCMP describe this as a practice in which criminals attempt to gain access to user accounts using emails and passwords leaked or stolen from other websites. According to BCLC, an estimated 250,000 attempts were made to gain unauthorized access to PlayNow user accounts. RCMP said the BCLC notified impacted players that their accounts had been locked due to suspicious activity and took measures to block the suspicious traffic. Investigators then learned the unauthorized access to some of the compromised accounts originated in Richmond. On Feb. 28, a youth was arrested. Richmond RCMP have elected to proceed with the restorative justice program under the Youth Criminal Justice Act for the offences. One person has been arrested in Kamloops after police seized more than a dozen firearms from a residence on Sifton Avenue Tuesday. RCMP say the search involved the Emergency Response Team because of the high-risk nature involving the possible presence of weapons at the property. Police officers also seized illicit drugs, stolen property and vehicles. One person was arrested and later released. Charges are expected. A man arrested in connection with an assault at a local restaurant in December in Penticton has now been charged with a criminal offence. RCMP say 49-year-old Shaun Richard Clauson has been charged with one count of aggravated assault. On Dec. 22, officers were called to a restaurant in the 2400-block of Skaha Lake Road for a report of an assault. When they arrived, officers found a 28-year-old man suffering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Clauson was arrested and later released on conditions. He's scheduled to appear in Penticton provincial court on June 4. Man charged in two separate killings after joint VPD-IHIT investigation Driver charged with 8 counts of murder in Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day tragedy One dead, three others injured in four separate Metro Vancouver stabbings
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
Two men charged in two separate stranger attacks in Vancouver
Two men have been charged in two separate stranger attacks in Vancouver, police announced Tuesday. In one case, a man was charged after a woman was violently attacked, robbed and sexually assaulted in a Stanley Park bathroom on Monday. Vancouver police were called to Second Beach on Monday just before 11 a.m. after a witness spotted a man entering the women's change room at the pool. Officers who arrived at the pool found a woman in her 40s inside the change room who had been robbed and assaulted. She was taken to hospital for treatment. Officers searched the area and a suspect was arrested nearby. Hartley Ronald Duckhorn, 35, has been charged with assault by choking, unlawful confinement, sexual assault with a weapon, robbery and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. Duckhorn remains in custody while awaiting a bail hearing. Meanwhile, another man has been charged following a stranger attack in downtown Vancouver last week. Police said a 70-year-old man was walking near Homer and West Pender streets around 3 p.m. on May 16 when a stranger suddenly approached and knocked him to the ground, causing the victim to hit his head. The suspect then walked off without helping the victim. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment. Police in the area were able to track down the suspect later that day on Granville Street. Derrick James McFeeters, 40, is charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm. He also remains in custody while awaiting a bail hearing. sip@ Axe-wielding suspect out on bail within hours of Vancouver stranger attack Man charged in two separate killings after joint VPD-IHIT investigation
