A would-be Chinese immigrant businesswoman is suing a troubled BC Cancer Agency spinoff company after…
Fraud charges against Tony Accurso, 4 others, stayed by Crown
July 12, 2021 – The fraud case against former Montreal construction boss Tony Accurso, along with four co-accused, has been stayed by the Crown. Prosecutors had accused Accurso, Francesco Bruno, Francesco Fiorino, Antonio Girardi and Adriano Furgiuele of...
Charter application dismissed in multi-million Cape Breton fraud case
July 7, 2021 – A Nova Scotia judge says the searches of homes belonging to three sisters charged in a $3.6-million tax scheme were routine. The accused are Georgette Young, Angela MacDonald and Nadia Saker, along with their mother, Lydia Saker. The women have...
Tony Accurso’s Canada Revenue Agency bribery trial suspended
April 18, 2021 – A trial involving allegations that construction magnate Antonio (Tony) Accurso bribed Canada Revenue Agency auditors to reduce reported income of his companies was suspended Thursday after a Quebec Court judge ordered the Crown to turn over more...
Suspended sentence for North Sydney woman on fraud conviction
April 17, 2021 – A former homecare worker who defrauded two clients of nearly $7,000 over a three-month period has been given a suspended sentence and one-year probation. Candice Ann Gale, 37, of Peppett Street in North Sydney was sentenced on a single count of...
Former head of Alberta adoption agency receives suspended sentence in fraud case
March 26, 2021 – The former head of Adoption by Choice, an Alberta adoption agency that closed suddenly last May, has been handed a 12-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to false representation. Ramone Kindrat, 55, was charged with fraud in December...