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Fraud, corruption and money laundering pose escalating threats to Canadian businesses, requiring specialized investigation approaches. This guide examines critical decision points in financial crime investigations, from determining organizational liability status to evidence preservation, witness interviews, civil remedies, and regulatory reporting obligations.

The Report is based on a global study of 1,483 cases of occupational fraud, which occurred in over 100 countries, including Canada.

On November 3, 2017, the Government of Canada introduced regulations under the recently enacted Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law) (SML) imposing an asset freeze ...

The Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA) provides Canadian federal authorities with the power to levy both criminal charges and unlimited monetary penalties against individuals and entities found to have engaged in the bribery or other corruption of foreign officials in their overseas business dealings.

Stéphane Eljarrat is a partner in Osler's Litigation group and leads the national White-Collar Defence practice. Based in Montréal and Toronto, he works closely with Osler's Risk...

As we have previously written, Canada's spotty record of white-collar crime enforcement has been the subject of criticism inside and outside of this country.

When the employee of a large corporation defrauds their employer through a fraudulent cheque scheme, should the banks which paid out on the cheques be liable to the defrauded employer for conversion?

Welcome to MNP’s blog series in support of Fraud Prevention Month. Throughout the month of March, we will be exploring various fraud prevention issues affecting businesses and individuals.

Understanding the significance of Zheng v. Bank of China (Canada) Vancouver Richmond Branch 2023 BCCA 43 in the current climate of increased financial scams.

Troublesome employees can disrupt a workplace and subject employers to reputational and economic costs.

A recent Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA) decision demonstrates the process an employer may be expected to undertake to recover employee-stolen funds when the proceeds of the fraud...

The last quarter of 2014 saw a number of regulatory developments in Canadian capital markets that may specifically affect companies in the oil and gas industry.

On April 28, 2026, the federal government released the 2026 Spring Economic Update, followed by the tabling of Bill C-30, the Spring Economic Update 2026 Implementation Act. Together, they introduce several new measures aimed at updating financial institution legislation, regulating digital assets and combating financial crimes.

In Hantz Financial Services, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan held that a Financial Institution Bond...

A recent Ontario Divisional Court decision, CIBC Mortgages Inc. v Computershare Trust Company of Canada, confirms that a mortgage lender may lose priority if their mortgage is fraudulently discharged by the mortgagor.

In Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust (Teva) 2017 SCC 511 the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada overlooked the administrative fault of a corporate drawer of cheques in the allocation of cheque fraud losses.

The 2019 federal budget introduced several proposed changes to Canada's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regime to make it easier to investigate suspected money-laundering, share information among government entities...