A fraud trial is underway in Montreal for the ex-director of the Quebec provincial police…
OTTAWA – Judge orders jail time in fraud case
Ottawa-area couple convicted on quasi-criminal charges brought by the OSC A convicted fraudster, Marc Brunet, has been sentenced to jail time and ordered to pay restitution by an Ontario judge. The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced that Brunet, who was...
Debra Penttila denied appeal of fraud sentence
Debra Penttila, an office manager who pleaded guilty of defrauding her employer of $362,740.46 between 2004 and 2011, and was sentenced to restitution and two years imprisonment, was denied her appeal Feb. 21, 2020. The Fraud Debra...
Peel Regional Police Officer Eric Malone Acquitted of Theft of Evidence Charges
Jan. 7, 2021, Toronto — A veteran Peel Regional Police officer who was charged with theft stemming from a 2016 on-duty incident was officially acquitted in November 2020. Sgt. Eric Malone was arrested in November 2018 following allegations made in June 2018 that...
Toronto man, Hugh Walker, found guilty in Jamaican agriculture fraud scheme
In March 2020, a jury convicted a Toronto man, 55-year-old Hugh Walker, of fraud over $5,000, possession of proceeds of crime and uttering a forged document. The amount of the fraud was $1.8 million. In September 2020, the sentencing phase of Mr. Walker’s case took...
Winnipeg Disbarred Lawyer Peter Ottavio Jachetta, 72, Declared Mentally Unfit for his Criminal Fraud Trial
On May 4, 2020, Justice Ann Krahn of the Manitoba Provincial Court declared disbarred Manitoba lawyer Peter Ottavio Jachetta mentally unfit to stand trial for criminal fraud allegations made by the Crown. On June 25, 1974, Mr. Peter Jachetta was called to the Bar. On...