Abusers are using e-transfers to contact their victims. Who is responsible for stopping them?

Just before Angie Sweeney's ex shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last October, he sent her several banking e-transfers, including one for one cent that included an abusive message. Experts say technology-based abuse is a growing threat because some abusers will go to any length to contact victims.

Abusers are using e-transfers to contact their victims. Who is responsible for stopping them?
A composite of a text message on the left and a headshot of a woman wearing red coat and sunglasses with ear pods.

Just before Angie Sweeney's ex shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last October, he sent her several banking e-transfers, including one for one cent that included an abusive message. Experts say technology-based abuse is a growing threat because some abusers will go to any length to contact victims.