The society found reasonable grounds that allowing the man to continue practising posed ‘significant risk of harm to the public’
The Law Society of Ontario has suspended the licence of another Toronto lawyer for his ties to accused serial fraudster Arash Missaghi, who was gunned down earlier this year by an aggrieved client.
“Mr. Mazaheri did not dispute that a fraud occurred,” the tribunal ruling said. “His focus was on his involvement – he denies actual or constructive knowledge of the alleged fraud.” Mr. Yack also faces allegations that he knowingly failed to prevent dishonesty, fraud, crime or illegal conduct, among other accusations, according to Law Society records. He consented to an interlocutory licence suspension in October and it was formalized in the Nov. 12 decision, alongside that of Mr. Mazaheri.
In its decision, the Law Society tribunal said that if Mr. Mazaheri were allowed to continue as a lawyer, he might not live up to his “professional obligations to avoid assisting in fraud.”When contacted by The Globe and Mail on Thursday, Mr. Mazaheri denied these findings. “They never said I’m a danger to the public,” he said. “Do not call me.”
The LSO tribunal ruling says that Mr. Mazaheri considered himself a litigator, and not a real estate lawyer, but still agreed to route the mortgage investment money. The money went toward corporate entities controlled by Mr. Missaghi. Mr. Mazaheri had worked with Mr. Missaghi since 2021.
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