White Collar Crime

Toronto lawyer outlines strategy for using the civil courts to recover cash from scammers

Police often powerless to investigate fraudsters, leaving victims without options

Toronto-area restaurant loses franchise after IJF/CBC uncovers illegal payroll scheme

Deals selling job offers to foreign workers for up to $45K are 'outright fraud,' says Toronto immigration lawyer

Internal police analysis said Mexican methamphetamine is undercutting local producers, pushing them to ship product to lucrative markets like Australia

Government alleges possibility of money laundering, but no criminal charges laid

Company received exemption allowing it to hire temporary foreign workers without first offering those jobs to Canadians

Lack of disclosure raises concerns about conflicts of interest and misinformation

School district’s accidental loss to vendor scam shows need for fraud risk management and training

Metaverse Foreign Exchange Group has been accused of swindling billions from investors in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Company co-founder says he should have been transparent, defends message of the campaign

Big money is trying to covertly influence local government, politicians say

Caban Condos customers say company failed to deliver promised real estate or return money

Panel makes novel finding that ezBtc was trading in futures contracts, making it subject to securities law

‘Classic Canadian compromise’ allowed firm to remain eligible for public projects, experts say

Canadian company alleged to have defrauded hundreds of thousands in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had apparent link to B.C. consultants.

One money laundering expert calls it an “abuse of the system”

Bob Fraser of the Cynterra Group pledges he’ll repay funds owing to contractors ‘in the next few days’

Foreign governments say hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka lost savings to Metaverse Foreign Exchange, headquartered in Ontario.

Michael Bolton, one of Canada’s most renowned defence lawyers, denied Law Society allegations.

A judge stayed proceedings against a 72-year-old Vancouver man because of ‘cavalier’ police conduct.

Four years after RevenueWire signed $6.75M settlement with U.S. FTC, no sign of action in Canada

Securities investigators say Vancouver company orchestrated three ‘pump-and-dump’ schemes.

Government agency found Canadian lawyers involved in transactions with organized crime groups.

It’s rare, but some attorneys have been fined or even disbarred for helping criminals launder cash

Surrey’s Rohita Pannu one of three professionals linked to accused scammer Hon Kit Chung

Internal report says mules are helping foreign crime groups launder money swindled from Canadians

Hon Kit Chung allegedly used complicated web of numbered companies, fake liens in B.C. scheme

Ordered to provide millions in damages for a failed hotel deal, Timothy Durkin has yet to pay

B.C. Securities Commission working to recover $34.8 million from Scott Low and his companies

Proponents say it will help provinces go after dirty cash, but civil liberties groups warn of government overreach

The Cynterra Group is at the centre of several lawsuits, along with concerns about advertising and a review by securities investigators

The council has no update on its review of Judge Diana Piccoli eight months after being told of three donations made to the Liberal Party since she took the bench

Regulators say scheme netted masterminds $46 million while leaving other investors out in the cold

David Smillie is accused of defrauding customers of $13 million deposited on ezBtc platform

Founder of failed B.C. company a no-show as hearing on alleged $13-million fraud begins

Amendments tabled Wednesday would remove requirement to disclose precise locations of events

Canada saw a surge in financial crime during the pandemic that experts say continues today

Internal briefing notes reveal how Canadians try to conceal donations to hate groups

Internal documents reveal Canadian officials have struggled to address the problem for years.

Vast majority of B.C. warnings about suspicious investments involve cryptocurrency

Liberal 'cash-for-access' events may have allowed prospective superior court applicants to meet with top cabinet ministers

Ethical guidelines set out by the Canadian Judicial Council specify that judges 'must cease all partisan political activity'

Critics say the partisan process brings political influence into important decisions made by Canada’s courts

It’s no coincidence that more judges who donate to the Liberal party are brought to the bench than Conservative donors

Departments say COVID-19, complex digital world forced them to seek outside expertise

Embattled charity asked auditors to review its finances following IJF questions