35 stories.
By Amy Chen British Columbia’s Ministry of Finance is investigating a foreign buyer tax avoidance scheme run by a North Vancouver developer uncovered by ThinkPol on Sunday, a ministry official confirmed today. “Our government is committed to making sure our…
By Amy Chen From Production Manager at Lululemon to Administrative Assistant at RBC , many job postings in Metro Vancouver are demanding fluency in Mandarin as a mandatory requirement even for jobs that doesn’t require communicating with customers or vendors…
By Amy Chen A North Vancouver developer is advertising in China a scheme to circumvent Lower Mainland’s 15% foreign buyer tax on real estate through a rent-to-own arrangement. “Did you know you can buy a house in North Vancouver one…
By Amy Chen Fancy advertisements for so called “birthing hostels” are luring pregnant women women from China to give birth to their babies on Canadian soil, promising the mothers a convenient, comfortable and healthy way to give their children Canadian…
By Amy Chen Yuen Pau Woo joined alleged Ponzi operator Istuary Investment Group’s third anniversary celebrations a mere month before being appointed to Canada’s Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. An announcement by Istuary 1 and an article in the…
By Amy Chen Canada’s immigration department approved an alleged fraudster to offer immigrant visas despite warnings from whistleblowers that the company was running a Ponzi scheme and committing immigration fraud. Former employees of Istuary Investment Group claim that they warned…
By Amy Chen Investors in US and Canada who thought they were investing in a tech company but were tricked into joining an alleged real estate Ponzi scheme have been scammed out of millions, court documents show. So far, four…
By Amy Chen The CEO of the troubled Vancouver-based tech company Istuary is being sued by a lawyer who invested money in the firm. Vancouver Lawyer Joe G. Carangi, who invested $138,000 in Istuary Investment Fund, is alleging that CEO…
By Amy Chen A Vancouver-based tech company with links to China and designated by Ottawa as one of the business incubators under the Start-up Business Visa pilot program has not paid its North American employees since May, according to the…
By Amy Chen The former BC government refused to pursue criminal charges against a major BC Liberal donor whose serious and repeated violations of health and safety rules were ruled in March as causing the death of a construction worker…