Jean-François Gagnon CONVICTED for facilitating bank impersonation scam (50 MONTHS PRISON)

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On March 18, 2025, 34-year-old St-Étienne-de-Beauharnois resident Jean-François Gagnon was convicted on 56 different counts of fraud for stealing nearly $200,000 from 55 elderly victims by

  • calling their victims under the guise of a bank representative to falsely claim they detected fraudulent activity on their account.
  • demand their victims to hand over their bank cards and PIN numbers in order to resolve their issue.
  • have a designated money mule pick up the gift card from the victims’ residence, then use them to withdraw money from their victims’ bank accounts or make purchases.

Gagnon was arrested in December 2023 and pleaded guilty to his crimes in October 2024, landing him a sentence of 50 months in prison. A 28-year-old accomplice, Kevin Lelièvre, is due to appear in court this coming June.

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4 Years - should have been 40! This is part of the problem, too easy on these criminals. They used to make examples out of criminals but now they just slap them on the wrist. They should be sent to El Salvador for sure.

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Oh, I agree. And he will probably be on parole in a few months.

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Exactly like the 2 scammers from Nigeria that could have gotten UPTO 30 years but only got 15 as their village had been destroyed. They had told the teen male that said the initials IGFKM and they said go ahead you’re already dead and he did! To me that was the SAME maybe worse than first degree murder. I’m going to start a petition for them to be sent to El Salvador.

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I edited my reply with more detail Thanks

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Sounds good to me.

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