That same month, they finally secured a provisional arrest warrant and moved to arrest the alleged scammers.
The United States District Prosecutor’s Office for the state of Vermont, led by the Prosecutor’s Office against West and another 24 alleged scammers, revealed an accusation that accused them of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
But it was too late. Police arrested 23 people in the Montreal area, but West, and Jimmy Ylimaki, another of the alleged scammers, had gone.
After the raids last June, West, knowing that the police were on him, but not yet with any formal charge against him, he took a mortgage of $ 6 million using one of his ontarium properties as a guarantee.
It is not clear what he did with the money. Nor is it clear where the West went later. He had recently bought a suburban house in Burlington, Ontario, but had been entering and leaving Montreal as recently as February 2025 when he was in the city to answer a drug position.
A source with knowledge of the situation that he requested to remain confidential said that West was in Burlington, Ontario, in early March, when police officers tried to arrest him.
The officers went to a house that owned, but was being renewed and West was staying in a rental house in other places in the city. When the police arrived there, he had gone, according to the source.
CBC News visited West’s properties, some of which are still in their name. We do not find it. No one near any of the properties had recently seen it.
Judicial procedures are ongoing for other accused scammers. US authorities argue that they should be extradited to the United States to be tried. Some could face up to 40 years in prison if they extradate and condemn.
None of the charges against the alleged scammers or west has been tested in court.
West is still a wanted man.
