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Charges of Fraud Over $5,000.00 withdrawn prior to trial, Ontario Court of Justice, Newmarket. Y.L. and H.S. decided that they wanted to purchase a Porsche. They attended Porsche and although they qualified financially they required a co-signer due to their age. H.S. searched on WeChat and found a person who offered to be a co-signer for a fee. Y.L and H.S. used the co-signer and the co-signer attended Porsche and signed the papers. It was discovered that the co-signer was using fraudulent identification and account information for the financing. Y.L. and H.S. were charged with conspiring to defraud Porsche. Joseph Neuberger was retained as the Criminal Defence Lawyer. Joseph Neuberger requested a very detailed list of disclosure including the financing agreement; internal checks at Porsche for the original authorization of the co-signer; a statement from the financial advisor and other source documents. The defence alleged that there was nothing illegal about the clients paying a co-signer as long as Y.L. and H.S. were financially viable and capable of paying for the vehicle and had no knowledge of the co-signer presenting fraudulent information. In addition, the defence sought evidence/particulars of how the Crown could prove Y.L. and H.S. knew or were willfully blind as to the co-signer using fraudulent information. Joseph Neuberger and Mariya Protsenko reviewed over 700 pages of information and discovered that in fact the co-signer attended Porsche on a different date, yet the agreement of purchase and sale was dated the same date as Y.L. and H.S. attended. It was further discovered that the co-signer was involved in a large scheme completely unrelated to Y.L. and H.S. – which seemed to be rather obvious as Y.L. and H.S. were duped by the co-signer. As such, a proposal was put forth for Y.L. and H.S. to draft and sign Affidavits to the effect of their lack of knowledge of any fraud and were not cooperating with the co-signer. The Affidavits were drafted and provided to the Crown. The charges of Fraud Over $5,000.00 were withdrawn.