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Police have arrested 2 suspects in connection with door-to-door sales scam

Ontario Provincial Police say two men have been arrested and three are wanted Canada-wide in connection with a door-to-door sales scam that defrauded over 200 people, mostly seniors, in Ontario. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

In an update to a story Marketplace brought you last year, two men have been arrested and three more are wanted on Canada-wide arrest warrants following a criminal investigation into a door-to-door sales scam that defrauded more than 200 people in Ontario, police say.

In the scam, salespeople visit the homes of older adults and …

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