A deportation order was issued Jan. 18 for Timothy Craig Durkin because of his involvement with a U.S. Ponzi scheme
A Sooke businessman embroiled in legal battles over ownership of Sooke Harbour House hotel has been ordered deported from Canada as a result of his involvement with a Ponzi scheme that ran from 2009 to 2013 and involved millions of dollars in the U.S.The deportation order was issued Jan. 18. It’s unclear if Durkin will seek to appeal the decision or if he is still in Canada.
On Tuesday, the B.C. Securities Commission announced Durkin had defrauded a would-be immigrant from China of $1 million by lying about ownership of the hotel. A decision on potential sanctions is scheduled for March 6. Durkin had been deemed inadmissible to Canada due to his alleged involvement with a group of individuals who collaborated to carry out a pattern of investment fraud similar to a traditional Ponzi scheme.
In the aftermath of the Ponzi scheme, criminal indictments were issued in the U.S. against Durkin and three others. The three others were each sentenced to 60 months in prison. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada suspended Durkin’s citizenship application, pending the results of the admissibility proceeding.
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