The plaintiffs brought a motion for contempt against the defendant for repeatedly breaching a Mareva injunction and subsequent court orders freezing his assets.
The court found that the defendant had flagrantly and serially violated the orders by operating undisclosed bank accounts, cashing cheques at Money Mart, and continuing to conduct business and manage properties through corporate fronts.
Given the scale and audacity of the deception, the court imposed a rare custodial sentence of 90 days imprisonment for the initial contempt and found the defendant in further contempt of subsequent orders, with the penalty for the further contempt to be determined at a later date.
