BC Fraud and Insider Trading Criminal Lawyer

Serving Greater Vancouver, Surrey, and Langley and all of BC.

Fraud criminal charges span a wide variety of alleged fraudulent activities including:

• Defrauding people or the public generally,
• Falsification of books and documents,
• Falsifying employment record,
• Insider trading,
• Stock market manipulation,
• Fraudulent concealment of title documents,
• Fraudulent registration of title,
• Fraudulent sale of property,
• Disposal of property to defraud creditors,
• Fraud in relation to valuable minerals,
• Possession of stolen or fraudulently obtained valuable minerals,

to name a few.

What is fraud?

The courts define defraud as “to deprive a person dishonestly of something which is his or hers or of something to which he or she is or would or might but for the perpetration of the fraud, be entitled.”

If you are found guilty fraud, the sentence is partially dictated by the following factors:

• The value of the fraud;
• Whether the fraud affected the Canadian economy or a financial market;
• The number of victims;
• Whether the offender abused a position of trust or any high regard held by the community.

As set out above, there are a large number of types of fraud.  Not all fraud convictions carry the same sentence.

If you’re charged with fraud, there are many ways your case may unfold.  Fraud charges can be very complex and difficult for prosecutors to prove.  There are also many negotiation opportunities given the complexity and difficulty of prosecuting fraud cases.

We're experienced insider trading and bookkeeping fraud litigation criminal lawyers

Dykstra & Company has experience litigating fraud cases, including in the corporate commercial context involving bookkeeping fraud and stock market fraud.

If you’ve been charged with fraud, learn more about the defences available to you by talking to a fraud criminal defence lawyer at Dykstra & Company today.

With law offices in Surrey and Abbotsford, we serve Greater Vancouver, Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey, Burnaby, the Fraser Valley, and all of BC.

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