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Charges of Fraud Under, Attempt Theft Under, Utter Forged Documents x 2 and Fraudulent use of Credit Card x 2 withdrawn prior to setting trial dates. The client was alleged to have transferred credit card information from another person and used the fraudulent information to a number of purchases at various stores. The Crown was originally seeking a conviction and a probation order. The client was a Visa student and any finding of guilt would have resulted in the client being removed from the country. Defence lawyer Mariya Protsenko sent the client for therapy as the client had expressed considerable stress from being ain Canada alone and from his studies. In addition, the client was instructed to complete 15 hours of community service. After extensive negotiations, the Crown agreed with defence counsel that there were mitigating circumstances as the report did show the client exercised poor judgement but within the context of situational depression and anxiety and in light of the report and community service, all charges were withdrawn.