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Charges of Utter Forged Credit Card, and Fraud Under $5,000.00 withdrawn after extensive pre-trial discussions with the Crown. X.G. was a student from China living in Canada on her own. An older lady had befriended her via WeChat and convinced her to use a credit card to purchase a very expensive bottle of cognac from the LCBO. When the credit card was discovered to be forged, X.G. got scared and ran from the store. Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger was convinced that his client was lonely and taken advantage of by an older person who X.G. viewed as a friend and parental figure. X.G. attended counselling where is it was learned that she was extremely lonely and had great difficulty in saying no to people. In addition, Joseph Neuberger had the client complete 45 hours of community service. After several pre-trials and a judicial pre-trial, the Crown withdrew the charges as it was not in the public interest to prosecute the case. The Crown agreed with the therapy report and thus withdrew the charges.