Canadian police freeze 206 financial products, including bank and corporate accounts, allegedly involved in Ottawa protests

Protesters confront a police line backed up by mounted officers in Ottawa on Feb. 18. (Richard Moore/The Epoch Times)
Katabella RobertsThe Epoch TimesCanadian authorities have frozen the financial assets of individuals and companies that are allegedly involved in the ongoing protests in Ottawa Mike Duheme, Royal Canadian Mounted Police deputy commissioner of federal policing, announced on Feb. 20.Duheme said at a news conference that the RCMP froze 206 financial products, including bank and corporate accounts, and disclosed the information of 56 entities associated with vehicles, individuals and companies.RCMP also shared 253 bitcoin addresses with virtual currency exchangers; and froze a payment processing account valued at $3.8 million, Duheme said.It is unclear what will happen to the money that has been frozen by financial institutions.“We continue to work at collecting relev
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