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Samji Ponzi scheme netted biggest fine in B.C. history

Samji Ponzi scheme netted biggest fine in B.C. history

Major banks were collateral damage in scam that raised $110m from more than 200 investors
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Pulling market strings in Panama

Pulling market strings in Panama

Panamanian accounts used in stock manipulation schemes: BCSC
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Levying fines is easy for regulators; collecting them isn’t

Levying fines is easy for regulators; collecting them isn’t

BCSC has received less than 1% of the fines it levied in its last fiscal year
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Case studies in B.C. financial fraud

Case studies in B.C. financial fraud

Improperly using client funds, insider tipping and trading and wash trades are several common examples of how fraud manifests itself in B.C.
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Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections

Adventures in tax avoidance: Canada’s deep offshore tax haven connections

Much of the activity is legal, but it siphons away billions in tax revenue from government coffers
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Vacay in Panama, real estate kids and damned fish

Vacay in Panama, real estate kids and damned fish

Reporter Jen St. Denis on the news that caught her eye this week. Photo: Colin Capelle, Flickr Creative Commons The Panama Papers continue to reverberate, a sentence I expect I’ll be able to continue to write for quite some time.
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B.C. man gets seven-year market ban for second offence

B.C. man gets seven-year market ban for second offence

Brent Jardine was under a two-year market ban when he became de facto director for another company
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B.C. had Canada’s fastest year-over-year job growth in March: StatsCan

B.C. had Canada’s fastest year-over-year job growth in March: StatsCan

Employment in British Columbia increased 3.2% in...
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Test your knowledge! BIV News Quiz April 8, 2016

Test your knowledge! BIV News Quiz April 8, 2016

Take our weekly quiz to test your knowledge of local business news!
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Pipeline to unity: a fitting present for Canada’s 150th birthday

Pipeline to unity: a fitting present for Canada’s 150th birthday

It was just a simple piece of crude iron that fitted in one hand – but it still stands as an iconic symbol of nation building. The Last Spike was hammered home at 9:22 a.m. on November 7, 1885, at Craigellachie, B.C.
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