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Ottawa Man, 45, Charged in $7M Fraud Scheme Involving Thousands of Stolen Phones
Ottawa police say a 45-year-old man stole thousands of phones between 2022 and 2025 and resold them, causing losses exceeding $7 million.
Why it matters
One of the largest corporate internal fraud cases handled by Ottawa Police's Financial Crime Unit in recent years, exceeding $7 million in losses and involving threats and extortion against the suspect's own family member.
Full report
In a news release issued at 10:00 a.m. on October 22, Ottawa Police announced that Rabih KASSIS, 45, of Ottawa, has been arrested and charged. The offences span June 2022 to September 2025; the Financial Crime Unit opened the investigation after receiving a complaint, with cooperation from Bell Canada.
Police allege the suspect repeatedly threatened, harassed and extorted his sister — a Bell employee at the time, now deceased — fraudulently obtaining thousands of phones from the company and reselling them, causing losses exceeding $7 million.
He faces charges of theft over $5,000, fraud over $5,000, conspiracy, uttering threats of death or bodily harm, repeated harassing telecommunications, and extortion.
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