A Toronto paralegal whose tagline was “we win or it’s free” has been found guilty of obstructing justice and fraud under $5,000.
A paralegal whose tagline was “we win or it’s free” has been found guilty of obstructing justice and fraud under $5,000 for his involvement in a scheme to change legal records to make it look like he had won his cases even if his clients may have lost.
“Mr. Zappia only made money on files if he “won”. For clients who paid for a guaranteed refund, he wouldn’t just lose their retainer but would be out of pocket if the cases weren’t dismissed,” she said.that included testimony of Francesco Rizzello, the court clerk who described in detail how he would accept $50 per case to change records in 2018 at the provincial offences court at 2700 Eglinton Avenue West.
The corroboration, mostly through phone records presented at trial, didn’t support a volume of more than 100 texts. Bank records showed cash deposits of $6,850, which does correspond to deposits of $50 for 137 cases, the court heard. The judge rejected testimony where Zappia alleged a family dispute was a reason that Rizzello could have made up the allegations against Zappia. But she also rejected Zappia’s testimony that he didn’t pay.
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