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CBC Investigates
Toronto lawyer who stole client money for vacations, handbags and shoes is jailed for contempt
A disgraced real-estate lawyer who admitted to pilfering millions in client money to support her and her family's lavish lifestyle was handcuffed in a Toronto courtroom Friday and marched out by a constable to serve a 20-day sentence for contempt of court, as her husband and mother watched.
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'We got completely played for suckers,' MP says of recent takeovers in Canadian forestry
Opposition MPs are aghast that after buying up two major Canadian companies, the foreign owner of one of Canada’s biggest forestry businesses is now also formally taking over an Indonesian-Chinese pulp and paper conglomerate from his family — a company he has long denied operating in tandem with.
CBC Investigates
Toronto lawyer couple sentenced to jail for contempt over millions in missing homebuyer funds
A pair of Toronto lawyers accused of embezzling more than $6.5 million from real estate clients have been sentenced to 30 days each in jail for failing to obey court orders to hand over financial records and answer questions about where the money went.
CBC Investigates
Landlords' latest tactic in public battles with tenants: sue them for libel
Tenants already face plenty of potential snarls in dealing with landlords. But now some landlords are suing their tenants for defamation when disputes go public.
CBC Investigates
Lawyer couple found in contempt of court amid evidence they stole millions from homebuyers
Toronto lawyers Nicholas Cartel and Singa Bui, accused of embezzling nearly $7 million from real estate clients, have been found in contempt of court for failing to answer questions about where the money went.
CBC Investigates
Lawyer couple accused of stealing millions from homebuyers while law society stalled
In a rash of lawsuits, Nicholas Cartel and Singa Bui are alleged to have embezzled client money that was meant to buy houses or pay down mortgages — in part by using an exploit that's arguably easier than before in routine real-estate transactions.
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Lawyer whose firm sued ex-clients for more than $1 million is disciplined
A high-profile Canadian employment lawyer has been disciplined over his hardball tactics against some of his firm's dissatisfied clients after two of them posted critical reviews online and a third refused to pay her bill.
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Critics slam review of Canadian forestry giant's sustainability credentials, asserting conflict of interest
Canadian forestry giant Paper Excellence won't have its sustainability certification revoked by the world's premier forestry credentialing body after a review — a process critics and experts say appears to have been rife with conflicts of interest and far from independent.
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Slain tow truck kingpin had a target on his back for years, court documents show
Alex Vinogradsky, a kingpin in Toronto's tow truck underworld who was gunned down outside a north-end plaza last month, had previously been the focus of plots to kill him, court documents reveal. Police also had information that he'd ordered hits on his perceived rivals.
Too young to tweet? Twitter shut down CRA's account over its 'birth date,' records show
The social media team at the Canada Revenue Agency has learned firsthand what it can be like to jump through red tape when a couple of its accounts were blocked several times in recent years for various reasons, including a decision by Twitter that the CRA was underage.