Cayman authorities catch Canadian con men

A would-be con artist from Ontario, Canada, received a 15 month prison sentence on June 9 after attempting to pass bogus cheques worth CDN$943,485 to fund an offshore company he tried to set up.Denis Rene Desjardins, 57, told the court he owed CDN$230,000 in his native Toronto and was facing bankruptcy when he arrived in Cayman in May.