Family caught in moving scam needs $25,000 to move property

In June When he was arrested, it seemed that the victim's worries had finally been resolved.

But some people aren't done yet.

People were given his one price to move, butThousands more by the time their possessions were truckloaded out of sight. I was given a dollar bill.

Consumers were told they could not get their property back until they paid.

Those arrested include 12282569 Canada Inc, O'Canada Movers, Roadway Moving and Storage Inc, SafeBound Moving and Storage Inc, Canadian Principal Movers, All You Can and many others. I ran a budget transfer company in my name. Move, Right on Track Moving, New Vision Moving, Greenway.

Toronto Police Department. Chris Long led the criminal investigation. He was also a victim-side superhero, working with firefighters and pickup truck owners to pack and move salvaged belongings from police warehouses to his home.

But even he couldn't help everyone.

For example, the Collins family paid her over $20,000 to move her two households from Mississauga to Nova Scotia.

Tracy Collins has found the ideal home in Nova Scotia where three generations of her can live together under her one roof. Her mother, Carol, Howard, Tracy and her husband Robert, her daughter Christine Collins, and Christine's two sons, aged 8 and almost 10.

They hired her Roadway Moving.

The company moved adjacent households in her June. Both cases showed an estimated weight that suddenly tripled on the day of migration.

After paying $20,000, Collins' family received an additional $4,800 bill.

Arrests were subsequently made.

Collins's worldly goods are now in a police warehouse in Scarborough.

Moving her luggage to Nova Scotia is a big deal and will cost her $25,000.

Too far for Konst. Long's band of volunteers had to be taken care of, and one legitimate moving company offered a discount, but he needed to know how much Collins' property weighed.

"But we didn't get the exact weight," Tracy Collins said by phone on Wednesday.

The family sleeps on air mattresses and has little furniture. They only brought her a week's worth of clothes to Nova Scotia.

All children's toys, all winter clothes, all belongings — all in police warehouses.

One of her grandchildren has her ADHD, according to Collins.

"He doesn't understand. He always asks, 'When is the truck coming?'" she said. "I miss Lego, my bike and my computer."

These are items to keep the boy calm and focused throughout the day.

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Now the Collins family hopes for a miracle from the right moving company.

Failing that, they set up a GoFundMe campaign to get her $25,000 needed to move household goods to Nova Scotia. I helped collect the

The Canadian Association of Movers (CAM) has posted warnings about a number of suspected moving scams on its consumer alert website

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Maybe the Collins family has some good ideas?