A B.C.-trained medical doctor turned U.S. felon, for his role in a massive U.S. stock fraud scheme largely orchestrated out of Vancouver, now faces the prospect of being permanently banned from Canada’s capital markets.
The B.C. Securities Commission applied to a tribunal panel June 23 to permanently ban prolific stock promoter Avtar Singh Dhillon from acting as a director or officer of any B.C. company that issues securities, as well as from trading or purchasing any securities or derivatives outside a registered dealer.
The application comes nearly five years after the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Dhillon and eight other B.C. residents for criminal securities fraud charges. It also
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