Nicole Brockbank

A Thornhill, Ont., man solicited at least $3.5 million for an alleged Ponzi scheme while charged with fraud for a prior alleged investment scam, according to lawsuits and records reviewed by CBC Toronto. After the criminal charge was dropped, they allege the man went on to defraud another $6.5 million from investors — bringing the total claimed to $10 million.

A former Shoppers Drug Mart franchise owner has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the Canadian retail pharmacy chain, and its parent company Loblaw, alleging the companies imposed “unsafe and unethical” corporate practices on franchise owner pharmacists to increase profits. In a statement, a Loblaw spokesperson told CBC News “this case has no merit whatsoever, and we intend to vigorously defend it.”

Some members of a prominent charity for the Canadian Black business community are calling for its board of directors to resign and for a third-party audit after discovering the non-profit paid two former board members’ companies at least $1.5 million for services while they were on the board or CEO of the charity. The Black Business and Professional Association says it has committed to an independent review.

Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King Aiden Pleterski has been arrested and charged with fraud.

Ontario’s self-proclaimed Crypto King and one of his associates have been arrested and charged with fraud.

A CBC Toronto investigation discovered three seemingly fabricated, or misrepresented, employees on the websites of marketing companies owned by Nadine Spencer, a member of the Toronto Police Service Board.

Nadine Spencer has been removed from the Toronto Police Service Board. City council passed an urgent motion, without debate, on Thursday to rescind Spencer’s appointment to the board of the largest police service in the country.

Ontario’s self-described “Crypto King” continues to hide income connected to online gaming and other internet services from his bankruptcy proceeding, according to the trustee overseeing it.

Tenants in a Toronto apartment complex are fighting an above-guideline increase (AGI) to their rent because nearly half of the expenses that the increase is supposed to cover stem from an environmental assessment of the land generally used to help sell or redevelop property.

Ten former students are suing a Markham, Ont. company for a collective $108,000 in tuition they paid to what turned out to be a business providing unapproved vocational programs. Ontario's superintendent of career colleges ordered the company to stop advertising and offering the program in July.