Category: Fraud

Charged with Fraud in Ontario?

Being charged with fraud can be an overwhelming, life-altering experience for you and your family.

In most fraud cases, the potential consequences get more serious as the dollar values involved increases.

Evidence of the fraud can create a complicated paper…

Ottawa Fraud Lawyer

Being charged with fraud in Ontario is a serious matter and if you are facing fraud charges, you need the help of an experienced lawyer.  Fraud in Ontario is defined as intentional deception for unlawful gain.  In other words, fraud occurs when…

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Introducing New Technology to Fight Fraud

Last week the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) rolled out a new tracking tool that will make it more difficult for those facing Ontario lottery fraud charges to defend themselves.

Ottawa Lawyer | Fraud Prevention Centre Opens in Ontario

As a lawyer who often defends individuals charged with fraud and similar financial offences in Ontario, I took a special interest in the recent opening of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) in North Bay, Ontario.

Can Ontario Accountants and Tax-Preparers be Charged and Convicted of Tax Evasion?

OTTAWA CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAWYER – Often when an individual is charged with income tax evasion, he or she wasn’t the only one taking care of the tax records. The same goes for business – in many cases, an accountant is…

What Should I do If I am Arrested by the Police?

As an Ottawa criminal defence lawyer, I am often asked what someone should do if he or she is arrested by the police in connection with a crime.

If you are ever arrested by the police for a crime like…

Criminal Charges Laid in Ontario Lottery Fraud Case

Ottawa fraud and white collar crime lawyer discusses Ontario lottery fraud and the recent case involving $12.5 million winning ticket.

Ottawa lawyers oppose new white-collar crime and fraud legislation

Ottawa criminal lawyers at Auger Hollingsworth oppose the federal Conservative government’s tabling of a crime bill aimed at stiffening penalties for those convicted of white-collar crimes.

The bill, which is called “Standing Up for Victims of White-Collar Crime Act” and…

Ottawa Lawyers – For a teenager charged with an offence, legal representation is important

If you are in Ottawa, Eastern Ontario or elsewhere in Canada, you should beware that people often think, incorrectly, that criminal findings of guilt before adulthood have no impact once a person becomes an adult. A young person’s record does…

Ottawa criminal defence lawyer – when you are arrested, you have rights

Most Ottawa residents know what Canada’s Charter of Rights of Freedoms is, but if you are ever placed under arrest, you might not know how it helps you. You are entitled to very important rights under the Charter; they are…

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