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There are concerns by the former chair of the Toronto Police Board that some members could damage their reputation. As he stated: "Because one member's reputation can affect the reputation and credibility of the whole board."
They are alleged to use a stock photo for a company while giving the person a name, or, using the image of an Australian urologist and associating them with their company, a company this Australian man says he never worked for.
You can read for yourself if their explanation makes sense.
Until recently, a black-and-white photo of a woman holding her face in her hands was used to depict Mary Ellen Steinam — also known as Ellen Steinam — across social media and on the website of a marketing company founded by Toronto Police Service Board member Nadine Spencer.
Steinam worked as chief operating officer of Spencer's company BrandEQ for more than a decade, according to her LinkedIn page. Her profile said she was based in New York and had previously held other prominent marketing jobs at Nestle and Saatchi & Saatchi as far back as 1994.
On Facebook and X, she shared posts and photos of Spencer — cheering on her boss and BrandEQ.
But despite Steinam's online presence, it's unclear if she actually exists.
A search of the LexisNexis database, which combs through 84 billion public records, found no record of anyone with either variation of Steinam's name living and working in New York state — or anywhere else in the United States.
Reverse image searches also revealed that Steinam's supposed headshot appears on dozens of unrelated websites as a stock image — as do two other purported photos of her shared on Facebook.
They are alleged to use a stock photo for a company while giving the person a name, or, using the image of an Australian urologist and associating them with their company, a company this Australian man says he never worked for.
You can read for yourself if their explanation makes sense.
Until recently, a black-and-white photo of a woman holding her face in her hands was used to depict Mary Ellen Steinam — also known as Ellen Steinam — across social media and on the website of a marketing company founded by Toronto Police Service Board member Nadine Spencer.
Steinam worked as chief operating officer of Spencer's company BrandEQ for more than a decade, according to her LinkedIn page. Her profile said she was based in New York and had previously held other prominent marketing jobs at Nestle and Saatchi & Saatchi as far back as 1994.
On Facebook and X, she shared posts and photos of Spencer — cheering on her boss and BrandEQ.
But despite Steinam's online presence, it's unclear if she actually exists.
A search of the LexisNexis database, which combs through 84 billion public records, found no record of anyone with either variation of Steinam's name living and working in New York state — or anywhere else in the United States.
Reverse image searches also revealed that Steinam's supposed headshot appears on dozens of unrelated websites as a stock image — as do two other purported photos of her shared on Facebook.
