Fictitious Mortgages – A Mortgage Broker’s Nightmare #306

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By Gerry NeelyB.A., LL.B. The diligence of an employee of a mortgage broker, and the suspicions of a bank customer service representative, helped to stop the activities of a criminal who created fraudulent mortgages which were then assigned to innocent customers looking for a reasonable return. The method of operation of the fraudsman, as the judge

Retail Strata #305

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By Gerry NeelyB.A., LL.B. The businesses in a retail shopping centre in Richmond were carried on by owners or tenants of strata lots in a strata corporation. Its bylaws required an owner or occupier of a strata lot to obtain written approval from the strata council to make any change in the nature of the business