B.C. Securities Commission orders $1.6-million penalty over Vancouver Island hotel fraud

By Anosha Khan (April 20, 2023, 1:36 PM EDT) -- The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has ordered a Sooke, B.C., man to pay a penalty of $600,000 and a holding company $1 million for lying to an investor about the ownership of Sooke Harbour House, a well-known and historic Vancouver Island hotel.  ...