Elaborate frauds known as carousel schemes are using fake business transactions to reap fraudulent tax refunds from the Canada Revenue Agency, costing Canadian taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. CBC’s The Fifth Estate and Radio-Canada’s Enquête teamed up to search for the missing money.

#CRA #TaxFraud #Scam

00:00 - How the carousel scheme works
12:11 - Investigating the businesses
24:49 - International network
33:06 - Where does the money go?

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Swindling the System

producer/director
Harvey Cashore

writer
Bob McKeown
Harvey Cashore

associate producer
Matthew Pierce

additional research
Bo Elkjaer

video editor
Anne MacRae

editing support
Loretta Hicks

senior videographer
Jon Castell
John Badcock csc
Andy Hincenbergs

additional cinematography
Bertrand Guez
Henrik Hjort
Michel Picard
Oliver Walters

for radio-canada enquête
reporter
Frédéric Zalac

Producer
Paul Émile d'Entremont

intern
María José López Sotelo

archival material
Amerix Coin
Black Hollywood Live
European Commission Taxation and Customs Union
Facebook
LinkedIn
Pick TV / Sky Group
Policia Nacional
RTBF
Scarcity Studios
TeleEscrow
YouTube

special thanks
Woodbine Mall & Fantasy Fair

theme music
Steve D'Angelo

graphic designers
Tim Kindrachuk
Froilan Untalasco

graphic director
Jeff Goldhar

visual research
Leslie Morrison

media management
Astoria Luzzi

post audio
Ron Searles

colourist
Scott McIntyre

rollout producer
Leanne Stepnow

social media producers
Alex Migdal
Ania Bessonov
Britt Purdy
Kit Kolbegger

digital producer
Janet Davison

project manager
Victor Kerr

resource coordinators
Marc Cormier
Sam Nar

associate director
Nanci King

packaging editor
Alessia Protomanni

coordinating associate director
Rhonda Kirkpatrick

senior producer
Emmanuel Marchand

executive producer
Allya Davidson

original broadcast
November 24, 2023