{"id":864306,"date":"2026-08-19T23:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T23:34:14","slug":"online-dating-scheme-allegedly-led-to-victim-extorted-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864306\/","title":{"rendered":"Online dating scheme allegedly led to victim extorted in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>A man and woman face extortion charges following an investigation into an alleged online dating scheme in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Harwinder Singh, a 35-year-old man, and Riya\u00a0Riya, a 23-year-old woman, both of\u00a0Brampton,\u00a0were arrested on Aug. 12.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Harwinder Singh 1\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Harwinder-Singh-1-e1787169123610.jpg\"  height=\"505\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"674\"\/> Harwinder Singh (seen here), 35, and Riya\u00a0Riya, 23, both of\u00a0Brampton,\u00a0face extortion charges for an alleged online dating scheme. Photo by Handout \/Peel Regional Police<\/p>\n<p>They are each\u00a0charged with two counts of forcible confinement, one count of\u00a0robbery,\u00a0and two counts of extortion.<\/p>\n<p>Harwinder\u00a0is also charged\u00a0with\u00a0uttering\u00a0threats.<\/p>\n<p>Both\u00a0of the accused\u00a0were held in custody pending a bail hearing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Riya Riya 1\" class=\"embedded-image__image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Riya-Riya-1-e1787169145135.jpg\"  height=\"466\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"621\"\/> Riya\u00a0Riya (seen here), 23, and Harwinder Singh, 35, both of\u00a0Brampton,\u00a0face extortion charges for an alleged online dating scheme. Photo by Handout \/Peel Regional PolicePeel Regional PoliceCops concerned about other alleged victims<\/p>\n<p>Police said investigators\u00a0are concerned about the possibility of\u00a0other alleged\u00a0victims\u00a0and\u00a0they\u00a0are urging anyone who\u00a0\u201cexperienced a similar incident under the pretext of a casual date to come forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information\u00a0regarding\u00a0this incident is asked to contact investigators at 905-453-2121, ext. 2133, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:cdoucette@postmedia.com\">cdoucette@postmedia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunDoucette\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@sundoucette<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article content A man and woman face extortion charges following an investigation into an alleged online dating scheme&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":864307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-864306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864306","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=864306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}