By LegalMatters Staff • Any deceptive or fraudulent activity in connection with the buying or selling of securities is considered securities fraud. Insider trading, which involves the buying or selling of securities based on information that is not shared with the public, is one example. “Securities fraud is regulated primarily by provincial and territorial securities […]
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By LegalMatters Staff • The buying or selling of stocks or other securities by people who have access to non-public, material information about a company is called insider trading. It is a crime because this information could affect the stock price once it becomes known. “It gives those with privileged information an unfair advantage over
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By LegalMatters Staff • Any technique that disguises the source of money or assets earned through illegal activity can be considered money laundering. Businesses commonly associated with this crime include banks, law firms, money service businesses/currency exchanges, real estate agencies, car dealerships and jewellers. “Section 462.31 (1) of the Criminal Code makes it a crime
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By LegalMatters Staff • If police have reasonable grounds to suspect you were involved in a crime they can arrest you and take you to the station for questioning, with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom spelling out your rights during the interrogation. That includes informing you of your right to speak to a
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By LegalMatters Staff • There are few things more stressful than looking into the rearview mirror and seeing a police car’s flashing lights. If you find yourself in this situation you must stop your vehicle and speak to officers. But you also have rights when you are pulled over that they must respect. “No matter
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By LegalMatters Staff • There have been more than 150,000 reports of fraud in Canada with at least $600 million stolen since January 2021, according to the National Cyber Crime Assessment 2023-2024 published by the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. Those crimes start with perpetrators hacking into a network to gather user information, steal data or disrupt
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By LegalMatters Staff • If you use the internet, e-mail or other telecommunication technologies to harass or stalk another person you could be considered a cyberstalker. The crime can take many forms, including using GPS tools to track someone’s physical location without their permission or following a victim’s social footprints to monitor what they post.
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By LegalMatters Staff • Online piracy includes copying, modifying, distributing or selling software or online content, including music movies, TV shows, games and software. According to information from the Motion Picture Association (MPA) of Canada, 26 per cent of Canadian content consumers accessed pirated music, movies, TV shows, video games, e-books and/or software in 2021.
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By LegalMatters Staff • London Drugs had to close nearly 80 stores across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba after a ransomware attack in April 2023. According to the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 published by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), ransomware is a persistent threat to Canadian organizations. “During a ransomware attack, malicious
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By LegalMatters Staff • Senior officers with corporations could be given a 14-year prison sentence if they were involved in corporate fraud worth more than $5,000. The same maximum penalty also applies if that fraudulent action affects the public market price of stocks, shares, merchandise or anything offered for sale to the public. “Since corporations
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