Montreal (November 1, 2019) – The fraud and international corruption trial against former SNC-Lavalin executive…
Combating BEC fraud
March 23, 2020 – Business email compromise (BEC) fraud is an increasingly common cyber risk that uses spear phishing techniques. BEC fraud often results in significant losses due to wire transfer scams. These rogues use social engineering methods to launch a...
Two men ordered two-year conditional sentences for defrauding the DND
Halifax (February 27, 2020) – Two Nova Scotia men, Bry’n Ross (65) and Harold Dawson (60), each received a two-year conditional sentence on February 25 by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Justice James Chipman. The sentence followed their conviction for defrauding the...
Richmond Hill tax preparer sentenced for tax fraud
Toronto (February 10, 2020) – After a CRA investigation, the tax preparer George Nkoke Nnane from Richmond Hill was sentenced for two counts of tax fraud on February 6. The Superior Court of Justice in Toronto sentenced the CEO of Golden Capital Management Inc. (GCMI)...
Toronto man charged with breaching OSC order
Toronto (January 16, 2020) – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) charged James Stuart Adams of Toronto with breaching a director and officer ban, which was imposed in a settlement agreement in March 2015. As part of the agreement, Adams admitted perpetrating...
Former executive Sami Bebawi sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in SNC-Lavalin Libya corruption case
Montreal (January 13, 2020) – Former SNC-Lavalin senior executive Sami Bebawi was sentenced to eight years and six months in prison in a Montreal courthouse on January 10. The SNC-Lavalin Libya corruption case brought the engineering giant and former executives before...