{"id":864727,"date":"2026-08-20T07:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864727\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:34:43","slug":"person-seeking-online-date-extorted-out-of-6k-in-brampton-peel-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/864727\/","title":{"rendered":"Person seeking online date extorted out of $6K in Brampton: Peel police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Peel Region are urging potential victims of an online dating extortion scheme to come forward after a victim was allegedly extorted out of $6,000 during a meet-up in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say the alleged victim was contacted on a messaging platform by a person using the name Manisha Sharma.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a hot date, though, police say the alleged victim was relieved of cold cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter agreeing to meet in person in August, the victim attended a residential basement apartment near Torbram Road and Peter Roberston Boulevard in Brampton,\u201d a police release explained. \u201cShortly after, a male suspect entered the room, and the victim was allegedly threatened and extorted of $6,000 through e-transfer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An investigation followed and two suspects were identified.<\/p>\n<p>Harwinder Singh, 35, and Riya Riya, 23, both of Brampton, are charged with forcible confinement, robbery and extortion.<\/p>\n<p>Harwinder faces a separate charge of uttering threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigators believe there may be additional victims and are urging anyone who experienced a similar incident under the pretext of a casual date to come forward and contact police,\u201d the release adds. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police in Peel Region are urging potential victims of an online dating extortion scheme to come forward after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-864727","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\/864727","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=864727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}