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Charges of Counterfeiting mark – sell/possess x 6, Fraud Under x 5, Utter Forged Document x 6, Possession and Sale of identify documents x 6, and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime x 5, withdrawn prior to setting a date for trial, Ontario Court of Justice, Oshawa. The client was alleged to be involved in a scheme to use counterfeit bonds, and other financial instruments over a period of several weeks. Joseph Neuberger was retained as the defence lawyer. Defence lawyer Joseph Neuberger retained a defence expert to assess various disclosed documents and the items seized from the client. A number of documents turned out to not have been related to the Counterfeit mark seized from the client and through a greater investigation of the scheme, S.O.E. appeared to have been duped by a childhood friend into cashing the fraudulent financial instruments. A defence designed rehabilitation program was put into place for S.O.E. to complete and when presented to the Crown with the additional evidence from the defence, the Crown agreed to withdraw all charges.