A B.C. Supreme Court ruling has extended a freeze on assets the province wants forfeited…
‘Crypto King’ associate wipes iPhone, hands over $1M in bank drafts payable to Aiden Pleterski
Money laundering expert calls investment operation ‘large-scale Ponzi scheme’ in affidavit. An associate of Whitby, Ont., self-described “Crypto King,” Aiden Pleterski, handed over more than $1 million in bank drafts payable to Pleterski last...
Bookkeeper, Krisandra Jacobs, Defrauds Squamish Nation of $855,000
On October 12, 2022, the BC Provincial Court sentenced Krisandra Jacobs to four years imprisonment and imposed a restitution order of $855,000 for a fraud she perpetrated on the Squamish First Nation. Justice Lynn Smith declared the fraud to be “brazen and flagrant in...
Luxury cars seized from 23-year-old ‘Crypto King’ as investors try to recoup millions
Aiden Pleterski and his company allegedly owe $35M to more than 140 investors. Two McLarens, two BMWs and a Lamborghini make up just a few of the $2 million worth of assets seized from a 23-year-old from Whitby, Ont., as his investors try to recoup millions of dollars...
Luanne Taillefer Fraud Conviction Upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal
On March 19, 2021, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in response to the appeal of Luanne Taillefer. On June 13, 2019, Justice John R. McCarthy of the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario convicted Ms. Taillefer of Fraud Over $5,000. Sentencing was...
Court extends order to freeze up to $20M in crypto, cash donations to ‘Freedom Convoy’
Injunction issued by Ontario Superior Court judge now runs until at least March 9 An Ontario Superior Court judge has extended a rare injunction that has frozen millions of dollars in cryptocurrencies and other financial donations to the so-called Freedom Convoy. The...