The appellant was convicted of a multi-million dollar fraud arising from an investment scheme.
He appealed his conviction, arguing that a forensic accountant employed by the OSC should have been disqualified from testifying due to bias, and that his pre-trial Rowbotham application for state-funded counsel was improperly dismissed.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the expert's evidence was primarily factual tracing and his prior involvement did not automatically disqualify him.
The court also upheld the dismissal of the Rowbotham application, as the appellant had failed to be transparent about his financial resources.
