Man and woman from Quebec sentenced for roles in Saskatchewan grandparent scam

A man and a woman from Quebec who participated in a grandparent scam that victimized several people in Saskatchewan have been handed their sentences.

Ciprian Teodor, who was 50 at the time of his arrest in December, pleaded guilty to a number of offences and was sentenced to nearly seven months in jail, among other penalties, in Regina Provincial Court on July 9.

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After credit for time served, Teodor received a jail sentence of 212 days. He will also serve 36 months of probation and was ordered to make restitution payments to several people victimized by the scam.

Teodor was arrested in Regina after reports of a grandparent scam that defrauded several Saskatoon residents in late November 2025.

Regina police reported at the time of Teodor’s arrest that officers had received five reports of victims being defrauded of more than $45,000 by someone who had claimed to be a grandson involved in a vehicle collision who needed money to get out of jail.

“Someone else would then attend to the grandparents’ residence to pick up the money. In each case the victims provided between approximately $5,000 and $26,000,” Regina police reported.

Following a province-wide investigation, Teodor and 40-year-old Alexandra Condurache were arrested on Dec. 2, 2025, and had multiple charges laid against them.

Teodor was convicted of defrauding a number of Saskatchewan victims – five from Regina, five in Saskatoon and one in Balgonie, according to court records obtained by 650 CKOM – of more than $5,000 each.

He was also convicted of failing to comply with one or more conditions and possessing proceeds of crime over $5,000. He also faced charges from Quebec, court documents showed.

Several conditions were placed on Teodor by Judge James Rybchuk, including prohibiting him from communicating directly or indirectly with any victim, witness or other person identified during the case. Rybchuk also prohibited him from “seeking, obtaining or continuing any employment or being a volunteer in any capacity that involves having authority over the real property, money or available security of another person” for a period of five years, court documents noted.

Teodor will have to pay $1,200 in fines. Court documents showed he was also ordered to pay restitution, amounting to $21,700 owed to victims in Saskatoon. He and his co-accused also owe $18,250 in joint restitution payments to their Regina victims, and Teodor will have to pay $6,400 to a single victim in Balgonie. He was given three years to make those payments.

Teodor’s co-accused, 40-year-old Alexandra Condurache, was sentenced in Regina Provincial Court in December after pleading guilty to several offences related to the scam. Court documents showed she was convicted of defrauding numerous people in Regina through deceit, falsehood or other means of an amount over $5,000.

Condurache received a two-year conditional sentence and three years of probation – the maximum amount of time that can be given for both a conditional sentence and probation. Conditions of her sentence include a curfew, a prohibition on consuming or possessing alcohol or drugs, breath tests upon request, participation in personal counselling, and a requirement she remain living at her listed address and report to a probation officer as required.

She was also ordered to have no contact with seven of her victims and her co-accused, Teodor, to make no reference to those individuals in any way using social media and to not attend the homes, workplaces or places of education of any of the eight people.

Crown prosecutor Jocelyn LeBlanc explained that Condurache’s conditional sentence is meant to be “jail time in the community,” and was imposed to ensure she could work and pay restitution to her victims.

“If she doesn’t pay, she goes to jail,” LeBlanc said.

He noted that monthly payments to each of her victims have been calculated and scheduled over the next 60 months.

LeBlanc said a conditional sentence would not have been appropriate for Teodor, who he described as the leader of the scam, while Condurache served mainly as a driver.

Teodor has also been connected to several victims in Quebec, LeBlanc said, noting that all the Saskatchewan victims of the scam were elderly.

LeBlanc said spoke with some of the victims directly, and said he could hear their vulnerability in their voices. However, the Crown prosecutor also said he felt he heard them regain some dignity after feeling humiliated by the scam, when they learned they would be receiving restitution from Teodor and Condurache. That, LeBlanc shared, seemed to make the victims he spoke with feel satisfied and reassured in the efforts of the justice system in these cases.

LeBlanc noted that both Teodor and Condurache took responsibility and pleaded guilty to their charges, which meant the victims in the case were spared from having to testify at a trial.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to say that Teodor has been connected to several victims in Quebec, not Condurache and Teodor as earlier reported.