An ongoing Canada Revenue Agency scam has taken a high-tech turn that’s defrauded members of the public out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Police in York Region said 40 victims in the community have sent more than $300,000 to fraudsters using Bitcoin machines.

Police said the victims have been contacted by phone and told that they have overdue taxes to pay and if they don’t, they will be arrested. In the recent cases, the victims have been told to send their money using Bitcoin ATMs.

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