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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.
Canada -Toronto |
CBC Investigates
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.
Canada |
CBC Investigates
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.
Business |
CBC Investigates
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.
Canada -Toronto |
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.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
Quebec's stock market regulator can go after Canada's Panama Papers kingpin, Supreme Court rules
A 7-1 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebecs Autorit des marchs financiers can proceed with trying to have Fred Sharp, Canadas kingpin in the Panama Papers, banned for five years from the provinces stock market.
Canada |
CBC Investigates
Cyprus lit up with flurry of oligarch transactions after Russia invaded Ukraine, leaked files show
Newly revealed leaked documents show how oligarchs feverishly tried to move money and assets based in Cyprus in the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022, as European Union and other sanctions loomed.
Investigates |
CBC Investigates
Greenpeace calls for Canadian forestry giant to lose its eco certification
Canadas largest pulp-and-paper company should lose its sustainability credentials because new information shows that it's closely tied to an Indonesian conglomerate that has destroyed vast stretches of tropical rainforest, Greenpeace Canada says.
Business |
CBC Investigates
Multimillionaire calls CRA negligent, wants $4.8M tax bill thrown out
Money manager Charles Shaker wants a judge to toss out a nearly $5-million bill for back taxes, saying the Canada Revenue Agency never sent it to him and that now its too late. Whether he has to pay up may depend on the proficiency of the CRAs mail department.
Canada |
CBC Investigates
5 questions swirling around forestry giant Paper Excellence ahead of grilling from MPs
The mystery surrounding Paper Excellence, the country's biggest wood-pulp producer and one of its biggest logging companies, is only growing. The company says it is independent of a controversial Indonesian conglomerate, but CBC has found new information suggesting otherwise. MPs will have a chance to question company executives at hearings
Politics |