It was in July 2023 that the company undertook the complaint process which made it possible to begin the investigation by the Trois-Rivières Police Department. It was while repaying the amount of 1.5 million to a private loan company that irregularities were observed.
According to information from -, the two individuals, Jarnail Sing and Rahul Batthi, would have used the identity of employees of the said firm with which Nirvana had already done business.
The bank transaction was therefore carried out, then intercepted following a phishing operation. “The funds were diverted in the province of British Columbia, for the benefit of the fraudsters,” explains the DPTR in a press release.
It was after locating the location of the transfers in two financial institutions in the city of Surrey that it was possible to find the two suspects.
“Blocking orders were quickly requested by DPTR investigators, which allowed the company to recover almost the entire amount embezzled,” it is issued.
The president and CEO of Nirvana Chauffe-Piscine, Steve Samson, told - that 98% of the amount had been found. He admitted in the same breath that the way the scheme was orchestrated made it difficult to detect phishing.
Jarnail Sing, 45, of the City of Surrey, and Rahul Batthi, 31, of Delta are charged today with fraud, possession of property obtained by crime and laundering the proceeds of crime.
They appeared on Monday, November 4 at the Trois-Rivières courthouse by videoconference, and will return on February 4, 2025.
The Trois-Rivières Police Department reminds that the Stop Crime program is available to citizens to report any information confidentially. It is possible to communicate by telephone at 819-691-2929 key #7 or by Internet at the following website.
