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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCanada's highest court upholds ruling that Donald Trump committed Fraud..
A lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump and a real estate development firm misled investors, has been upheld by Canada's highest court.
Sarbjit Singh and Se Na Lee alleged they were sold units in Toronto's, Trump International Hotel, under false pretences.
The pair claimed they were misled to believe their investments would see returns ranging from 7.7 per cent to 20.9 per cent. Instead, they said they lost a combined C$1.2m (£732,810).
The Ontario Court of Appeal last year, sided with them in their case against Mr Trump, Talon International Development and former executives of that firm. That decision was backed by The Supreme Court of Canada which upheld the lower court's ruling and refused to hear an appeal from the defendants.
In a document outlining the case, Justice Paul Rouleau wrote that neither Mr Singh nor Mrs Lee were sophisticated investors, in real estate or otherwise" and "both had to borrow heavily from family to finance their purchases.
Mr Singh had been discharged from bankruptcy three years before making the purchase and was earning around C$55,000 a year as a warehouse supervisor, it said.
He did not have enough money for the deposit for the unit and had to receive help from his father, a retired welder, who agreed to help and took out a line of credit on his own home to finance the loan.
Ms Lee was a homemaker, whose husband worked as a mortgage underwriter at the time. Her parents loaned her money for the deposit. Both believed that buying into the Trump project would be an excellent investment," Justice Rouleau said. "And in time, both came to realise that they were wrong. The 65-storey tower in Toronto's financial district includes both hotel rooms and private residences. It is managed by The Trump Organisation.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-lawsuit-canada-court-approves-legal-case-against-us-president-a7623566.html
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Canada's highest court upholds ruling that Donald Trump committed Fraud.. (Original Post)
HipChick
Mar 2017
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BSdetect
(8,998 posts)1. Lessons learned?
Never trust a drumph?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. This is only one of the lawsuits in that building
and only of many lawsuits about other buildings that suffered the same fate over the years.
Because..they were "built" for nefarious reasons.
but now that he is erstaz pres., these problems will get more scrutiny.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)3. Thanks! I've added this to the Wikipedia article about the Toronto fiasco
The main bio article about Trump can't elaborate on all his malfeasances, but it links to the daughter article about the Toronto venture. I've added this news to the "Investor disputes" section.