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B.C. seeks to seize millions from disbarred lawyer’s trust accounts

Government claims cash comes from U.S. pump-and-dump fraud.

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

20 Mar 2026 • 4 min read

A green statue of Themis, the ancient Greek goddess of justice. She is blindfolded and holds a set of scales.
The B.C. government is trying to recover millions of dollars from the trust accounts of former lawyer Ronald Pelletier. (Zak Vescera/The IJF)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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