LAW 602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Indictable Offence, Regulatory Offence, Unfair Business Practices
24 Feb 2020
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Lecture 2 - overview: white collar crime, regulatory offences, Theft: the taking of something that you"re not entitled to. Fraud: risk someone"s assets; theres a representation to an individual where they"re being deceived to give up their property/something of value; dishonesty & deprivation: robbery: includes violence/force or an element of force. Criminal code - deceit, falsehood or other fraudulent means. If the item is worth more than , then it is an indictable offence; if it is less it is summary. Person is giving up something that they may not have if they fully knew the state of affairs. R v. renard - if there was a corporation with one shareholder, that person could commit fraud by depleting assets of the company and transferring them to himself. An individual may have a number of companies; transferring of funds between these companies can result in fraud. Fraud, s. 380 every one who, by deceit, falsehood, or other fraudulent means .
