{"id":730655,"date":"2026-06-11T22:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/730655\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:16:10","slug":"21-year-old-surrey-man-charged-with-fraud-in-chilliwack-grandparent-scam-rcmp-fraser-valley-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/730655\/","title":{"rendered":"21-year-old Surrey man charged with fraud in Chilliwack grandparent scam: RCMP | Fraser Valley Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2e58db7d-9b99-4133-844a-b04c7e1ea309.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>File photo, RCMP. (Image Credit: Pattison Media.)<\/p>\n<p>By Mike Vanden Bosch<\/p>\n<p>Surrey man arrested, charged<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 11, 2026 | 2:03 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>CHILLIWACK \u2013 Mounties in Chilliwack say a 21-year-old Surrey man has been arrested and formally charged for his alleged role which an 88-year-old victim lost a substantial amount of money through a grandparent scam.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Constable Hannah Sutton, police in Chilliwack launched a fraud investigation in October 2025 after receiving a report that an elderly woman had been defrauded out of a \u201csignificant\u201d sum of money in which authorities commonly call a \u201cgrandparent scam.\u201d Police were first notified about the incident on October 11, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Constable Sutton says the victim reportedly received a phone call from an individual she believed to be her grandson who claimed that he required money for bail.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the victim gave a substantial amount cash to an individual whom she was directed to meet in person. When more money was requested, the victim became suspicious and reported the incident to police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photo, RCMP. (Image Credit: Pattison Media.) By Mike Vanden Bosch Surrey man arrested, charged Jun 11, 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,44937,87674],"class_list":["post-730655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chilliwack-news-fraser-valley-abbotsford-weather-traffic-lower-mainland-fvt","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}