Thursday, February 14, 2013by Matthew McGuire
The final amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (PCMLTFR) were issued on February 13, 2013, following the published draft amendments to the PCMLTFR on October 13, 2012. View the full blog post >>
Monday, February 04, 2013by Leigh Beijer
In January, privately owned Griffiths Energy pled guilty to bribery charges and offered to pay a substantial fine. On Friday, January 25, 2013 Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Booker agreed with the terms of the charges and penalty. View the full blog post >>
Tuesday, January 29, 2013by Leigh Beijer
Earlier this month, privately owned Griffiths Energy pled guilty to bribery charges and offered to pay a substantial fine. On Friday, January 25, 2013 Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Booker agreed with the terms of the charges and penalty. View the full blog post >>
Monday, January 28, 2013by Bailey Rivard
Following an order by an Ontario court judge last month, Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain must pay $175,000 per month in interim spousal support to his former wife, including a retroactive payment dating back to the couple’s separation in July 2011. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, January 23, 2013by Michael McCormack
Why Bill 4 should increase accountability and fight employee apathy in Alberta schools. View the full blog post >>
Friday, January 18, 2013by Michael McCormack
How increased transparency is good for Alberta and our public service sector. View the full blog post >>
Monday, January 14, 2013by Elizabeth Nguyen
In a town with a population of approximately 2,500 people, a local company was defrauded of over $700,000. Although I was not involved in the investigation of this fraud, I was recently interviewed for my advice on how business owners can protect themselves from employee theft / fraud. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, December 19, 2012by Matthew McGuire
At a recent Senate committee hearing looking into the effectiveness of Canada’s AML efforts, the new Director of Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) intelligence and compliance enforcement agency, FINTRAC, called for a reduction in the administrative compliance burden placed on financial institutions. View the full blog post >>
Monday, November 05, 2012by Matthew McGuire
I recently presented at the Mobile Money Canada 2012 conference in September. My presentation quickly surveyed the nature and path of domestic legislative proposals impacting digital money, known enforcement measures in Canada, and the application of US extraterritorial legislation. View the full blog post >>
Friday, October 19, 2012by Matthew McGuire
On October 13, 2012 the Department of Finance released draft regulations to amend Canada’s anti-money obligations. If enacted, those changes would impact reporting entities. View the full blog post >>
Thursday, September 27, 2012by Matthew McGuire
The application of AML obligations has not been proposed as part of a recent review of Canada’s AML legislation. So what happens when a regulated bank buys mortgages from a mortgage company that isn’t subject to AML legislation? View the full blog post >>
Tuesday, September 18, 2012by Matthew McGuire
As mobile payment transactions through smart phone applications become commonplace in the consumer sphere, the Canadian government is making moves to enact consumer and merchant protection legislation and provide industry guidance promoting fair practice. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, May 30, 2012by Matthew McGuire
Suspicious transaction reporting thresholds, liability for transaction delays, and OSFI New Draft Guideline B-20. View the full blog post >>
Thursday, May 17, 2012by Matthew McGuire
Credit unions in Ontario have received two important notices from their regulators about AML compliance this month. Both are indications of increased scrutiny of anti-money laundering compliance efforts, and follow the trend of FINTRAC’s focus shifting from education to enforcement. View the full blog post >>
Sunday, April 15, 2012by Matthew McGuire
Matthew McGuire, MNP's National Anti-Money Laundering Practice Leader, offers insights to the Senate on anti-money laundering. View the full blog post >>
Tuesday, April 03, 2012by Greg Draper
Another lesson in fraud and reputational damage from the SNC-Lavalin investigation. View the full blog post >>
Monday, March 12, 2012by Greg Draper
Many organizations in both the private and public sectors operate on the assumption that their employees and business partners are honest and as a result don’t give a lot of thought to fraud until it happens. By then, the damage caused may be extensive not only from a financial standpoint but reputationally as well. View the full blog post >>
Friday, March 09, 2012by Matthew McGuire
Reporting entities are eager to know the impact that international anti-money laundering standard changes might have on their operations. Those international standards are maintained by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), and they were updated on February 15, 2012 for the first time since 2003. View the full blog post >>
Friday, March 09, 2012by Greg Draper
SNC-Lavalin has maintained it was not involved with the plot and that it had done nothing wrong with respect to its Libyan operations. Just last week, it announced an independent investigation into $35-million worth of improperly documented payments related to construction projects "and certain other contracts" in the last quarter of 2011. View the full blog post >>
Tuesday, February 21, 2012by Greg Draper
In today’s fast-paced, heavy workload environment, it’s more important than ever to be efficient when performing investigations. Too often I’ve heard of investigators spending hours interviewing a subject, only to walk away with limited facts and information. View the full blog post >>
Thursday, January 19, 2012by Matthew McGuire
Recently the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario released an advisory which outlines the procedures they expect credit unions to follow when providing banking services to Money Services Businesses. We'll summarize the risks and rewards of serving MSBs, the procedures DICO’s suggests, and outline the MSB screening and monitoring services. View the full blog post >>
Friday, December 02, 2011by Greg Draper
Transparency International releases the results of its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index: How did Canada do and why should you care? View the full blog post >>
Sunday, April 24, 2011by Greg Draper
On January 31, 2011, Transparency International Canada issued a press release highlighting the fact that the RCMP’s Sensitive Investigations and International Anti-Corruption Unit currently has 23 active investigations into suspected breaches of the Canadian Foreign Public Officials Acts (CFPOA). View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, February 16, 2011by Darrell Tracey
Among professionals, the group most susceptible to fraud is dental practices. We'll go over the reasons why dentists are at risk more than any other professionals group and discuss what dentists can do to protect themselves and their practice. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, December 22, 2010by Greg Draper
Fraud schemes are limited only by the imagination of the perpetrators and fraudsters are a creative lot who don’t think twice of committing fraud against non-profit organizations – we have seen too many examples of this in the headlines. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, October 27, 2010by Greg Draper
Non-profit organizations have certain specific features which make them particularly susceptible to fraud. So how can non-profits protect themselves? In this series, we will try and help non-profit organizations do just that by providing guidelines on how to safeguard their assets and reputation, starting at the (Tone at the)Top. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, August 04, 2010by Iain Kenny
Many Canadian organizations self diagnose themselves as low risk for money laundering because they do not handle cash or they are in a small community and know their clients well. However one provincial gaming authority found out the hard way last week that their internal controls and procedures were ineffective. View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, April 28, 2010by Greg Draper
Having disaster insurance and an evacuation plan in case of fire is standard in today’s workplace. But how many of us have a plan for dealing with a threat that can be just as devastating - corporate fraud? View the full blog post >>
Wednesday, January 13, 2010by Greg Draper
Investment guru Warren Buffet famously said, “When the tide goes out you see who is swimming naked”. Well, the turning economic tide has resulted in a few unpleasant surprises for investors. It seems hardly a month goes by without a news story about another Ponzi scheme defrauding victims of their life savings. View the full blog post >>