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On June 27, 2026, Canada’s Department of Finance published proposed regulations amending the Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations under the Bank Act, aimed at combatting consumer-targeted fraud...

According to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (Fintrac), criminals are expected to continue using cryptocurrency to hide their assets from traditional banking systems.

Many business owners structure their affairs so as to protect their assets, which is known as "creditor-proofing".

Recent amendments to the Ontario Securities Act significantly enhance the ability of the Ontario Securities Commission to share information across borders and to prosecute and penalize insider trading and fraud violations.

In 2006, the LTA was amended in an attempt to ensure that fraudulent instruments would not be given effect in the title register addressing a valid concern that a property owner...

David Wilson, Chris McKibbin and Zack Garcia had their article "Coverage for Social Engineering Fraud Takes its Place Among the Required Coverage for Canadian Business"...

The trial decision regarding Mr. Karigar received widespread attention as it was the first conviction of an individual under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act.

Last week, we covered the topic of facilitation payments and discussed some implications should the exception of facilitation payments be officially repealed in the CFPOA.

The Divisional Court has released yet another chapter in the saga of one of the largest frauds in Canadian history.

On 14 November 2012, the United States Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission published FCPA.

International Anti-Corruption Day has been recognized on an annual basis since the passage of the United Nations Convention against Corruption – which Canada has ratified – in 2003.

As the year draws to a close, we thought we'd look back at ten of the most popular posts from Stikeman Elliott's Knowledge Hub in 2018.

The United Kingdom's Civil Procedure Rule Committee recently approved methods of extra-jurisdictional service of Norwich-type information orders that could make it easier to pursue...

Canadian engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin has been charged by the RCMP with paying bribes of nearly $48 million to Libyan government officials and defrauding Libya of nearly $130 million.

For several years, the Canadian government has begun to focus on "snow washing", the purifying of illegitimate funds through using shell corporations to launder money in Canada.

Businesses and organizations worldwide lose an estimated five percent of their revenue to occupational fraud each year, for an estimated total of $5 trillion lost globally on an annual basis, according...

In Quantum Dealer Financial Corporation v. Toronto Fine Cars and Leasing Inc., 2023 ONCA 256 (CanLII), the Ontario Court of Appeal set aside a summary judgment decision against the appellant family members...

In a development reflective of his widely reported skepticism of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), U.S. President Donald Trump has directed the Department of Justice (DOJ)...