What is the penalty for a lawyer found guilty of a series of frauds totalling several millions of dollars?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Law Society of Upper Canada v. Vakili, 2015 ONLSTH 219 (CanLII):
We found the Lawyer to be a knowing participant in and facilitator of a series of frauds totalling several millions of dollars. Revocation of her licence in these circumstances is the presumptive penalty. Law Society of Upper Canada v. Mucha, 2008 ONLSAP 5 at para. 20.
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