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Responding to a Mareva: The Recovery of Donor Funds in the Canadian Freedom Convoy Litigation
This paper is for our presentation at the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada on October 5, 2022. A corresponding power-point will be used at the presentation. The statements made in this paper are word-for-word as stated in our factum filed with...
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What Fraud Victims Should Know About Debtors Jail
An Update on Fraud Recovery through the Criminal Process On September 13, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in R. v. Angelis, 2016 ONCA 675. The decision provides clarity for fraud victims who hope to obtain a recovery through the criminal...
What Fraud Victims Should Know About Criminal Forfeiture Orders
An Update on Fraud Recovery through the Criminal Process On September 13, 2016, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in R. v. Angelis, 2016 ONCA 675. The decision provides clarity for fraud victims who hope to obtain a recovery through the criminal...
What Fraud Victims Should Know About the New OSC Whistleblower Policy
On July 14, 2016, the Ontario Securities Commission’s Office of the Whistleblower issued a press release entitled OSC Launches Office of the Whistleblower. This new whistleblower program has been reported with some fanfare in the business press – see OSC Will Now Pay...
What Fraud Victims Should Know About Quantifying Damages
At Investigation Counsel, we are often asked by fraud victims whether they can ask a Court for damages greater than their initial loss of capital investment or the amount taken by employee theft. We generally recommend to clients that if they can move for default or...
Frauds by Spiritualists and Psychics – Conscious versus Unconscious Fraud
The Toronto Star published a story yesterday titled “US Prosecutors Say They’ve Shut Down a Psychic Mail Fraud Scheme Tied to Canada”.[1] It states that Canadians were targeted in a psychic direct mail scheme it alleges scammed at least one million Americans out of...
What Fraud Victims Should Know About a Fraudster’s Obligation to Account
Victims of fraud often ask us whether a fraudster can be ordered by a Canadian Court to account for what the fraudster did with their money so that they may attempt to recover it from those who received it. Other times, victims of fraud just want an explanation....