{"id":920711,"date":"2026-10-04T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920711\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:00:34","slug":"brampton-man-charged-in-alleged-electrical-contracting-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/920711\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton Man Charged in Alleged Electrical Contracting Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brampton<\/p>\n

A 39-year-old Brampton man has been charged following a four-month investigation into alleged fraudulent electrical contracting services provided to homeowners across Ontario.<\/p>\n

Peel Regional Police said in a news release that they launched this investigation dubbed Project Circuit Breaker in May after receiving a complaint from the Electrical Safety Authority. Investigators allege Rahyl Hassan operated two electrical businesses, Strak Holdings Inc. and Raytar Holdings Inc., and provided electrical services while failing to meet provincial licensing and safety requirements.<\/p>\n

Police say electrical work, including EV charger installations, LED lighting and electrical panel replacements, was allegedly carried out by individuals who were not properly certified.<\/p>\n

Investigators also allege customers were promised government rebates that did not exist and that some were given cheques that were later returned due to insufficient funds.<\/p>\n

Hassan faces five charges, including defrauding the public, false pretenses, uttering forged documents, mischief endangering life and possession of counterfeit currency. He was released with conditions and is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice.<\/p>\n

Police have identified 12 victims across Peel, Halton and York and believe there may be additional victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau at 905-453-2121, ext. 3335.<\/p>\n

Police are reminding residents to verify that electrical contractors are properly licensed and qualified before hiring them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 39-year-old Brampton man has been charged following a four-month investigation into alleged fraudulent electrical contracting services provided…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-920711","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\/920711","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=920711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}