I. Our Recovery Services

• i. Private Search Warrants & Independent Supervising Solicitor
• ii. Investment and Securities Fraud Recovery Litigation
• iii. Employee Fraud Recovery Litigation
• iv.Corporate Fraud Recovery Litigation
• v. Consumer and Credit Fraud Litigation
• vi. Romance Fraud Recovery Litigation
• vii. Immigration Fraud Litigation
• viii. Spiritualist and Psychic Fraud Recovery Litigation
• ix. Insurance Subrogation for Recovery from Fraud
• x. Insurance Fraud Prevention and Examinations Under Oath
• xi. Retail Civil Recovery Demands
• xii. Criminal Complaint Preparation / Private (Criminal) Prosecutions
• xiii. Press Releases: Canadian Fraud News
• xiv. Class Actions

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  II. Practical Information on the Fraud Recovery Process

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• i. Discovery of Fraud – Triaging Your Fraud Case
• ii. Private Investigations
• iii. Negligent Investigations
• iv. Right to Know versus Right to Privacy
• v. Whistle Blowing – Creating a Confidential Informant Contract
• vi. Whistle Blowing – Breach of the Confidential Informant Undertaking
• vii. Whistle Blowing – The 2016 OSC Payment for Info Program
• viii. Economics – Throwing Good Money After Bad
• ix. Retainer Agreements
• x. Crowd Funding and Other Ideas to Fund Recovery
• xi. Contingency and Deferred Fee Retainers
• xii. Blaming the Victim – Reckless Investor or Fraud Victim
• xiii. Access to Justice – Dealing with Obstruction Tactics
• xiv. Private, Group and Class Actions
• xv. Cost Liability of Fraud Victims for Not Proving Fraud
• xvi. Recovery Against Professionals
• xvii. Recovery Against Banks
• xviii. Recovery Against Lawyers
• xix. Recovery Against Employees – The Madoff Story
• xx. Recovery Against Spouses
• xxi. Debtor’s Jail

III. Coordinating Civil Fraud Recovery Litigation with Criminal Fraud Prosecutions

• i. Restorative Justice and Privatized Policing
• ii. Canadian Victim’s Bill of Rights and Restitution Orders
• iii. Considerations Before Contacting Police
• iv. Coordinating Criminal and Civil Justice for Recovery
• v. Filing Criminal Complaints and Concerns about Defamation
• vi. Recovery Through Criminal Restitution Orders
• vii. Criminal Sentencing and Problems with Restitution Orders
• viii. Recovery Through Criminal Forfeiture Orders 
• ix. Recovery Through Securities Regulators
• x. Avoiding Allegations of Extortion
• xi. What Fraud Victims Should Know About a Fraudster’s Charter Rights

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  IV. Legal Information on the Fraud Recovery Process

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• i. Limitation Periods
  
• ii. Why Defining Fraud is Important
• iii. Pleading Fraud and Allegations Against Secondary Defendants
• iv. Alleging Dishonest Assistance against Secondary Defendants
  
• v. Problems with Alleging Negligence
  
• vi. Motion to Freeze Assets of a Fraudster
  
• vii. Motion For Fraudster to Disclose Assets
• viii. The Robin Hood Defence
• ix. Motion by Fraudster to Stay Civil Proceedings
• x. Motion by Fraudster for Legal and Living Expenses
  
• xi. Discovery Compliance of Fraudsters
• xii. Discovery and the Deemed Undertaking Rule
• xiii. Tracing the Money and Identifying Secondary Defendants
• xiv. Judgment by Summary Motion – Access to Justice
• xv. Judgment by Hybrid Trial
• xvi. Judgment for Legal Costs
• xvii. Judgment for Investigation Costs
• xviii. Judgment for Punitive Damages
• xix. Judgment for Accounting
• xx. Enforcing Judgments Made in Canada
  
• xxi. Enforcing Foreign Judgments in Canada
• xxii. Contempt Proceedings Against Fraudsters
• xxiii. Contempt and a Fraudster’s Obligation to Account
• xxiv. Distributing Partial Recovery Amongst Fraud Victims

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  V. Due Diligence

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• i. Characteristics of Fraud Victims and Tips for Fraud Prevention
• ii. Due Diligence to Avoid Ponzi Schemes