The appellant pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud and was sentenced to an 18-month conditional sentence.
He later discovered this was an illegal sentence, as the maximum for a summary conviction under s. 380(1)(b) of the Criminal Code is six months, and it carried unanticipated immigration consequences.
On consent, the court extended the time to appeal and varied the sentence to nine consecutive two-month conditional sentences.
The court also corrected the trial judge's concurrent victim fine surcharges, imposing a $100 surcharge on each count but extending the time to pay until 2050 due to the appellant's financial circumstances.
