Charles Funaro has already admitted to funding dozens of mortgages without a broker’s licence. Now his sister says he got the money for those loans by misappropriating about $11 million from their vulnerable elderly parents.

In December, a B.C. Supreme Court judge granted Joanna Funaro leave to pursue legal action against her older brother on behalf of the estates of their now-deceased parents. She has alleged in court filings that he unfairly diverted “vast sums of money” to himself from deals involving properties originally owned by Giuseppe (Joseph) and Joan Funaro.