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…the fraud perpetrated against Seyed Rabi and Shohreh Shafiei could have been quickly detected had the Toronto Dominion Bank or its mortgage broker exercised "rudimentary due diligence."
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Acres franchisees, some of whom are running out of money, are holding meetings with politicians to try to get their money back.
Core members of Franchise Watch, a group formed to look after
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in 1998 after the earlier charges were laid, leaving it with a debt of more than $25,000. Cheque kiting occurs when delays in the banking system are used to commit fraud.
In Holoday's case, lawyer
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with a range of offences including defrauding the Commonwealth or a public authority, and theft… Police believe the alleged incident is the biggest fraud in Australia Post history.
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people, many of them Chinese immigrants, are alleged to have paid Lapham for non-existent ironing franchises.
The Serious Fraud Office accuses the former contractor of obtaining more than $3.5 million
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that that they are constantly on the lookout for fraud.
They say it is unfair to single them out when other parties, such as lawyers and real estate agents, have a critical role to play in ensuring
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count of fraud over $5,000. None of the allegations have been proven in court.
The unravelling of the alleged Ponzi scheme may have been the trigger for the two violent incidents against Mr. Erez's
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such fraud."
Toronto lawyer Morris Cooper, who represents the Rabi-Shafieis and several other victims of mortgage fraud in Ontario, described Echlin's ruling as "a remarkable precedent-setting
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Elisabeth Bruckmann, of Parkdale Community Legal Services, said the province has to stop taking a hands-off, consumer-beware approach when it comes to people trying to earn an honest living. "
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: “This was a deliberate scheme, as I have found, to bilk the public.”
The Globe and Mail
November 15, 1993
130 franchise frauds net two-year sentence
Only $7,500 in restitution made
Thomas Charidge
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