by Global Construction Review | Jul 16, 2021 | Breaking Court Decisions, Recent Articles
July 16, 2021 – In 2018, Tony Accurso, 69, was found guilty on five charges relating to the letting of public contracts by the city of Laval in Montreal. These covered the years between 1996 and 2010 and included conspiracy to commit acts of corruption,...
by staff | Apr 28, 2021 | Construction fraud, Featured, Recent Articles
In response to COVID-19, the Department of Justice responded by offering safe, alternative options to in-person trials under various circumstances. In Quebec, when the pandemic disrupted life in Canada in March 2020, non-urgent legal cases were postponed while...
by CBC News | Apr 12, 2021 | Recent Articles
April 12, 2021 – The contractors behind the Winnipeg police headquarters construction project will not get back boxes of documents and data seized by the RCMP until the conclusion of a civil lawsuit, Manitoba’s Court of Appeal judge has ruled. The April 7...
by staff | Feb 15, 2021 | Construction fraud, Featured
Feb. 15, 2021 – On July 15, 2019, Brooke Crawford and her daughter, Falynn Crawford, were asleep in their Clarendon Station, Ont., home when they were suddenly woken up by a blaring alarm. The house, on fire, filled with smoke. While they were able to escape,...
by Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Featured, Phone Scam, Recent Articles
A prosecutor in California has asked that a Montrealer with alleged ties to the Montreal Mafia serve an 18-month prison term for his brief role in a fraudulent telemarketing ring that bilked elderly people of their savings through false promises of lottery winnings....