A 49-year-old Vancouver mining industry consultant and stock promoter was charged with fraud and tax…
SNC-Lavalin hearing begins for fraud, bribery allegations
Oct 30, 2018 – Charges of bribery and fraud against SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. were tested for the first time in a Montreal courtroom on Monday as prosecutors began laying out their case against Canada’s biggest engineering firm in a preliminary hearing expected to...
Undaunted by creditors and fraud charges, Peter Pocklington launches pot company
July 20, 2018 ( Courtesy of CBC.ca) – Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington still owes the Alberta government more than $13 million from an unpaid 1988 loan for a failed meat-packing plant. In Arizona, Pocklington and an associate have so far reneged on...
Mammoliti, TPA execs ‘actively’ pushed land deal with inflated $12M price tag, secret report says
May 2, 2018 (Courtesy of cbc.ca) – Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti and several executives from the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA) pushed hard for a deal that would have seen the public overpay by about $2.6 million for a piece of land in the councillor’s ward,...
Ecuadorians Challenge Chevron Over $9.5B Award In Canadian Court
April 17, 2018 (Courtesy of oilprice.com) – Ecuadorian farmers and indigenous people will seek to show an Ontario Court of Appeal this week that Chevron Canada is legally liable for a US$9.5-billion award that the Ecuadorians won against the U.S. parent Chevron...
Vancouver man convicted of fraud in U.S. after companies solicited more than $18M from 60,000 people
April 2 2018 (Courtesy of cbc.ca) A Vancouver man accused of bilking thousands of seniors in the U.S. — and who fought extradition for more than a decade — has been convicted of mail and wire fraud by a Los Angeles federal jury. On Thursday, a jury convicted Mark...