A Toronto man posed as a travel agent and sold fraudulent tickets to travelers last summer, collecting the money via Interac e-Transfer which ranged from $400 – $3,000 each.

Canada Day, the day we celebrate an important milestone, the anniversary of the enactment of the Constitution Act, 1867 (July 1, 1867).

This is the third instalment in a six-part series on corporate and financial crimes, which outlines basic principles of criminal and quasi-criminal law that may arise in the running of a business.

A Canadian court decision provides critical guidance on the scope of Canada's anti-corruption laws for companies operating internationally. The case examines when benefits provided to foreign officials constitute illegal quid pro quo arrangements, with particular implications for mining companies engaged in global operations requiring extensive government interaction.

Lex Mundi has updated their Global Anti-Corruption Compliance Guide. The guide allows users to download information on local anti-bribery and corruption regimes in more than 70 jurisdictions around the world...

In the federal government's 2021 budget released on April 19, 2021, it announced that it would "launch a consultation on lowering the criminal rate of interest in the Criminal Code of Canada...

​In June, an Anton Piller order ("APO") and Mareva injunctions ("Mareva") were obtained by Noreast Electronics Co. Ltd. ("Noreast"), an Ontario based electronics company ...

The first conviction of an individual entered pursuant to Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act​ has been unanimously upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal in R. v. Karigar​.

"Stealthing" is the new sexual assault — a crime by any other name, say Canadian lawyers — that adds another twist to current issues of consent in cases of sexual violence.

Last year, the Ontario Court of Appeal ​​'s decision in Singh v Trump overturned a lower court decision and awarded the plaintiff damages against Donald J. Trump Sr. (as he then was) for negligent misrepresentation with respect to a Trump Hotel investement program (read about that here).

If you remember "Crane Girl", an adventure-seeking woman by the name of Marisa Lazo who scaled a crane in April last year, you may have noticed she is in the news this morning.

A St. Catharines vet has been charged with 16 counts of animal cruelty including right indictable counts of causing unnecessary pain and suffering to an animal, and eight indictable counts of failing

A 61-year-old woman, Sakia Mojadiddi, was charged with fraud for an alleged immigration scam targeting victims from the Middle East who wanted to bring their loved ones to Canada.

On September 21, 2023, Canada announced further sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Haiti) Regulations (the "Haiti Regulations"). Canada has sanctioned three elite businessmen...

Fraudsters are again impersonating CRA collections officers and calling Canadians in attempts to steal money from them.

In the wake of the leak the Minister of National Revenue The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier announced that CRA would investigate all Canadian names revealed.

CRA released the latest tax evasion prosecution stats for April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 on September 7, 2017.

The Canada federal prosecution service, which prosecutes tax evasion cases in court has released statistics on the number of tax evasion prosecutions brought to court.

Prevention is better than cure. Discover some practical tips to guard against cyber-risks. Ascertain your risk profile in order to protect yourself from hackers and online fraudsters.

On 2 September 2020, Canada and the Netherlands issued a joint statement indicating their intention to intervene in the matter of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention...