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Charges of Fraud Over $5,000.00 x 2, Utter Forged Document x 2 and Obtain Credit under False Presences all withdrawn prior to setting a trial date in Newmarket. Both individuals were starting a business and were approached by a financial broker to assist with equipment financing and grants. The broker seemed perfectly professional and assisted J.C. and K.D. to obtain various grants and loans to assist with the business startup. The business became a success and expanded. The broker took a percentage of the financing and then years passed. An OPP investigation into the broker in question uncovered that all supporting documentation had been falsified to obtain the said loans and grants. J.C. and K.D. were identified as allegedly part of the scheme to defraud the government and banks. Joseph Neuberger and Mariya Protsenko, Neuberger & Partners LLP, York Region Criminal Lawyers, were retained to defend the charges. After obtaining the disclosure, including co-accused statements, and the source documents for the loans and grants, Joseph Neuberger and Mariya Protsenko, engaged in multiple meetings with the clients and then the assigned Crown to sort out where the supporting information came from. Eventually, the defence established that the documentation completed was subsequently altered by the broker and the defence obtained hundreds of text messages between the clients and the broker to establish the broker was misleading them and likely many other people she had approached. After providing important defence disclosure to the Crown, all charges were withdrawn.