"Although they must know what happened to the funds, they have refused to provide this information," Ontario Superior Court Justice William Chalmers ruled in late August. "Instead of attempting to comply with the orders to the best of their ability, I find that the defendants have taken active steps to hide their finances and to frustrate the court's efforts to determine what happened."
This case has underscored how anyone buying or selling a home—typically the most expensive transaction of one's life—can be vulnerable to fraud by the very lawyers who are required by law in some provinces to handle the transaction, with scant guarantee of any protection from the legal profession itself.
In a phone call last week, Cartel told CBC News he thinks the judge's decision is mistaken and he intends to challenge it. "He ignored the facts," Cartel said. "I've delivered all documents in my possession, delivered thousands of pages of real estate files. I will be bringing a motion to either address this, to have it set aside or varied in some regard."
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