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Update: RCMP continue to seek public assistance to find murder suspects

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Jan. 2, 2020

RCMP Major Crimes Unit seeking assistance to locate two subjects wanted on warrant –Update #2

Cochrane, Alta. – The RCMP Major Crimes Unit continues to seek the public’s assistance in locating Trista Nadene Tinkler, Robert Gordon Daignault and the stolen 2013 Kia Optima. It is believed the suspects may be in the Edmonton area; however, the location of the vehicle remains unknown.

Tinkler is described as: 5 feet 6 inches, 154 lbs with red hair and brown eyes.

Daignault is described as: 5 feet 9 inches, 185 lbs with hazel eyes and a bald head.

The vehicle is described as a 2013 Kia Optima, Bronze in colour, with Alberta license plate E22149.

The RCMP believe that these two individuals may be armed and present a danger to the public.  If you see them or know their whereabouts, or locate the vehicle, please contact the Cochrane RCMP at 403-851-8000, or call your local police agency.  If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

 

December 31, 2019

RCMP Major Crimes Unit seeking assistance to locate two subjects wanted on warrant

Cochrane, Alta. – The RCMP Major Crimes Unit has obtained arrest warrants for two adults who are believed to be in possession of a stolen vehicle related to an earlier death investigation.

On December 29, 2019 the Major Crimes Unit took carriage of an investigation into a male found deceased near Spring Bank Airport.  Today, an autopsy was completed and the manner of death was determined to be a homicide.

The victim’s car has not been recovered by the RCMP, and arrest warrants have been obtained for two subjects believed to be in possession of the vehicle.  Public assistance is being sought to locate these two subjects and the vehicle. They may be in the Calgary area.

Trista Nadene TINKLER a 34-year-old female has been charged with:

  • Possession of property obtained by crime – Section 354 of the Criminal Code
  • Theft of Credit Card – Section 342(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
  • Failure to comply with Appearance Notice or Promise to Appear – Section 145(5)(A) of the Criminal Code.

Trista Nadene Tinkler

TINKLER is described as: 5 feet 6 inches, 154 lbs with red hair and brown eyes.

Robert Gordon DAIGNAULT a 51-year-old male has been charged with:

  • Possession of property obtained by crime – Section 354 of the Criminal Code
  • Theft of Credit Card – Section 342(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
  • Failure to comply with Appearance Notice or Promise to Appear – Section 145(5)(A) of the Criminal Code.
  • Resisting or Obstructing a Peace Officer – Section 129(A) of the Criminal Code

Robert Gordon DAIGNAULT

DAIGNAULT is described as: 5 feet 9 inches, 185 lbs with hazel eyes and a bald head.

The vehicle is described as a 2013 Kia Optima, Bronze in colour, with Alberta license plate E22149.

The RCMP believe that these two individuals may be armed and present a danger to the public.  If you see them or know their whereabouts, or you locate the vehicle, please contact the Cochrane RCMP at 403-851-8000, or call your local police agency.  If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store.

No further information is available at this time in relation to the nature of these charges.

 

BACKGROUND:

Dec. 29, 2019

RCMP Major Crimes Unit investigating suspicious death

 

Cochrane, Alta. – At 8:30 a.m. today, Cochrane RCMP responded to a report of a deceased male located off of a rural road near the Spring Bank Airport.  Responding RCMP determined that the death is suspicious and the Major Crimes Unit South has taken carriage of the investigation.

RCMP members including the Forensic Identification Section remain on scene to conduct an examination.

An autopsy of the male is scheduled for Dec. 31.  Investigators are working to confirm the identity of the adult male.

No further information is available.  The RCMP will provide an update following the autopsy.

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Red Deer RCMP warn public regarding circulation of counterfeit currency

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News release from Red Deer RCMP

Red Deer RCMP are alerting the public to look out for counterfeit currency.

Red Deer RCMP have received multiple reports of transactions where $50 and $100 counterfeit bills were used or attempted to be used. Anyone in the area who handles currency are alerted to be on the lookout for suspicious bills and should they come into contact with it, report it to police.

The Bank of Canada has the following advice for dealing with counterfeit currency:

  • Politely refuse the note and explain that you suspect that it may be counterfeit.
  • Ask for another note (and check it too).
  • Advise the person to check the note with the local police.
  • Inform your local police of a possible attempt to pass suspected counterfeit money.
  • Be courteous. Remember that the person in possession of the bill could be an innocent victim who does not realize that the note is suspicious.

If you think you have come across counterfeit currency please contact Red Deer RCMP at 403-406-2200. If you wish to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), online at www.P3Tips.com or by using the “P3 Tips” app available through the Apple App or Google Play Store. To report crime online, or for access to RCMP news and information, download the Alberta RCMP app through Apple or Google Play.

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DOJ charges 7 Chinese spies with targeting US political leaders, major businesses

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By Matt Lamb

The hackers ‘spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials’ as part of a massive Chinese espionage operation, according to the DOJ.

Hackers targeted defense contractors, American political leaders, and U.S. companies with malware as part of a surveillance operation for the Chinese Communist Party, the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges.

The DOJ released details on the indictment of seven Chinese individuals who have been charged with “conspiracy to commit computer intrusions and conspiracy to commit wire fraud,” according to a Monday news release.

The individuals are part of a People’s Republic of China (PRC) group who “spent approximately 14 years targeting U.S. and foreign critics, businesses, and political officials in furtherance of the PRC’s economic espionage and foreign intelligence objectives,” according to the DOJ.

Officials unsealed the indictment on Monday, though charges were originally filed in January.

The indictment provides further insight into how the CCP targets American companies and political leaders for retribution and influence using computer viruses.

The CCP and its Ministry of State Security “sought to obtain information on political, economic and security policies that might affect the PRC, along with military, scientific and technical information of value to the PRC,” the indictment states. “Among other things, the MSS and its state security departments focused on surreptitiously identifying and influencing the foreign policy of other countries, including the United States.”

The hackers used a front company called Wuhan XRZ beginning in at least 2010. They would send fake emails to U.S. senators, business leaders, and information technology companies looking to gain access. They were successful in hacking defense contractors, information technology providers, and universities, among other victims.

The DOJ itself was targeted, along the Commerce Department, the Treasury Department, and the White House.

The Justice Department alleges:

These computer network intrusion activities resulted in the confirmed and potential compromise of work and personal email accounts, cloud storage accounts and telephone call records belonging to millions of Americans, including at least some information that could be released in support of malign influence targeting democratic processes and institutions, and economic plans, intellectual property, and trade secrets belonging to American businesses, and contributed to the estimated billions of dollars lost every year as a result of the PRC’s state-sponsored apparatus to transfer U.S. technology to the PRC.

“If the recipient activated the tracking link by opening the email, information about the recipient, including the recipient’s location, IP addresses, network schematics and specific devices used to access the pertinent email accounts, was transmitted to a server controlled by the Conspirators,” the DOJ stated. “The Conspirators used this method to enable more direct and sophisticated targeting of recipients’ home routers and other electronic devices, including those of high ranking U.S. government officials and politicians and election campaign staff from both major U.S. political parties.”

In just a few months in 2018, the hackers “sent more than 10,000 malicious email messages” to “high-ranking U.S. government officials and their advisors, including officials involved in international policy and foreign trade issues.”

They also targeted campaign staff for “a presidential campaign” in 2020. The filing does not state which campaign.

European Union and United Kingdom leaders who were part of the anti-Communist Inter Parliamentary Alliance on China were also targeted.

Other victims included: “a nuclear power engineering company,” a defense contractor, an aerospace contractor, and “a leading American manufacturer of software and computer services based in California.”

Telecommunications companies, law firms, and steel companies were also targeted.

The CCP impersonated real steel companies in order to gain access to their emails during a battle over tariffs on China. After the Trump administration announced new steel tariffs in 2018, the hackers “registered a malicious domain impersonating the legitimate domain of one of the largest steel producers in the United States (the ‘American Steel Company’)” as well as the International Steel Trade Forum.

“These malicious domains allowed the Conspirators to communicate with malware they installed on the network of the American Steel Company to access and surveil the victim,” the DOJ stated.

They also targeted the Norwegian government in 2018 because it was considering awarding the Nobel Prize to Hong Kong democracy activists.

The PRC is a “malicious nation state,” a federal prosecutor stated in the DOJ news release.

“These allegations pull back the curtain on China’s vast illegal hacking operation that targeted sensitive data from U.S. elected and government officials, journalists, and academics; valuable information from American companies; and political dissidents in America and abroad. Their sinister scheme victimized thousands of people and entities across the world, and lasted for well over a decade,”  U.S. Attorney Breon Peace for the Eastern District of New York stated in the news release.

“America’s sovereignty extends to its cyberspace. Today’s charges demonstrate my office’s commitment to upholding and protecting that jurisdiction, and to putting an end to malicious nation state cyber activity.”

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