Eh… how bad must it be for the RCMP to get involved?
Alberta RCMP is investigating major international construction equipment company XCMG as part of a fraud investigation, searching the Canadian headquarters in Edmonton Tuesday morning.
Police were seen outside the XCMG Canada building in northwest Edmonton off the Yellowhead and 184 Street, the headquarters for the Chinese company’s Canadian arm in Western Canada. XCMG is the fourth-largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world, according to the company’s website.
A drone hovered behind the office building where heavy equipment the company makes — excavators, mining, drilling, forestry, and general construction equipment — is stored.
Officers wearing plain clothes entered and left the building throughout the morning and in the afternoon. When CityNews approached the entrance, a police officer said the building was closed.
Related history, according to Grok;
1. Canadian civil fraud allegations and asset freeze (March 2026)
In Wild Timber Industries Ltd. et al. v. XCMG Canada Ltd. et al., plaintiffs (including Wild Timber and related entities) filed suit in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. They allege fraudulent schemes involving serial-plate tampering on heavy equipment (used in forestry and mining) and related financial improprieties, including fraudulent inducements to investors.
On March 11, 2026, the court granted a Canada-wide Mareva injunction (asset-freezing order) worth approximately $32.5 million. This prevents XCMG Canada and affiliated entities from dissipating assets (including inventory) anywhere in Canada, to preserve value pending the lawsuit. The order also binds other XCMG affiliates.
These claims remain unproven in court. The RCMP’s recent fraud probe (by the auto theft unit, which often handles equipment-related tampering) appears potentially connected in timing and theme, but the civil case predates the April search warrant by about a month. XCMG Canada has previously described related matters as financial disputes with no determined liability.
2. U.S. Customs investigation into duty evasion (initiated October 2025)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened EAPA Case 8133 against XCMG North America Corporation on October 10, 2025.
The agency is investigating alleged evasion of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain mobile access equipment (e.g., scissor lifts and subassemblies) originating from China. The probe focuses on whether goods were transshipped through Mexico to avoid duties.
CBP imposed interim measures due to “reasonable suspicion” of evasion. No final determination has been publicly issued yet (as of available records).This is a regulatory/trade enforcement matter, not a criminal fraud case, but duty evasion is a form of questionable import practice that can carry significant penalties.
3. Historical/internal issues with the parent company (pre-2020s)XCMG’s early history (1990s–2010s) included references to management corruption that was reportedly addressed internally during restructuring. One account notes a leader who “eliminated corruption among XCMG’s management personnel” while consolidating unprofitable operations.
Come on now … if Carney is taking cheap ChiCom EV’s … then why not some cheap ChiCom heavy equipment? Bow Canada! Bow deeply! Before your Dear Leader.
there’s a difference between a firm that happens to be foreign owned making mistakes or falling victim to market changes and subsequently failing, and
-one that is foreign owned and the leadershit of that foreign nation is notorious for having its hands in running the foreign owned company’s operations in another country. the possibility of wilful deliberate fraud or other criminal actions ‘backed up’ by the deep pockets of that country of the firm involved.
introducing the Chirese M.O. and p.s., thems our new trade buddies !!!
My understanding is that Serial Plates (just like VIN #’s on motor vehicles) on heavy equipment are found in more than one place. VIN#’s for example will, also, be found on the engine block and can be very difficult to remove. This is how they identify stolen vehicles even after the VIN# tag is switched out on the dash.
For heavy equipment (mining equip et al) they do relatively the same thing with an added twist. They’ll actually hide serial plates throughout the chassi. AND, they will redundantly stamp it right into the frame. Stolen heavy equipment was such a big problem the manufacturers went full tilt on helping with identification.
Surprised there’s any reporting on this at all, let alone investigating. Not that it will ho anywhere.
And apparently the #2 story on City today is how Alberta separation is all being driven by an AI slop Youtube channel.
That’s the tip of the iceberg going forward. Expect Eastern Canadian media outlets to file complaint after complaint on pro-secession sites. The CBC gave us a taste of this when they went after (and succeeded) in shutting down “Real Talk Politiks”. It wasn’t, necessarily, because of RTP’s content (although that’s the excuse they used). That shut down was based on embarrassment since RTP was outperforming the CBC significantly.
I would expect every single pro-secession site based in Alberta to get all kind of complaints filed against them via their social media provider.
the answer then is to simply DEFY the ‘court orders’, wait for the heavy handed ‘consequences’ and thus get the locals SERIOUSLY riled in the process,
then voila ‘the firings will continue until morale improves’ syndrome take effect.
it may actually be THIS is the only strategy that is the one that WORKS. ‘gets worse before it gets better’
well . . . . . . . isnt that how the ‘status quo’ is maintained? 10,000 acts of microbullying?
the libtards showed their hand when they tried to put Tamara in the slammer longer than a manslaughter conviction. those are the stakes AB. your move.
The RCMP is just making sure there is nothing that will tie it to the ChiComs. Any such evidence found will be forthwith destroyed.