The applicant sought judicial review of a migration officer's decision refusing his application for criminal rehabilitation.
The officer found the applicant inadmissible to Canada for organized criminality under s. 37(1)(a) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act due to a prior conviction in the United States for money laundering connected to an illegal gambling operation.
The Federal Court held that the officer's finding of inadmissibility for organized criminality was reasonable, noting the applicant's guilty plea to laundering millions of dollars while knowing the funds were the proceeds of an illegal gambling operation.
