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Arash Missaghi seemed immune from consequence. His voluminous court records show no convictions, no jail time and no successful lawsuits against him in Canada, while providing few – if any – indications why criminal charges against him were withdrawn on multiple occasions.
from Businessman killed in Toronto triple shooting defrauded hundreds of victims, netted at least $100-million, records show [CW: suicide, murder, fraud]
‘He was everywhere and nowhere all at once’: The elaborate web of triple shooting victim Arash Missaghi [The Star; ungated]
Arash Missaghi and Canada’s Largest Abandoned Mansion [Freaktography]
Paradise Lost [Toronto Life, 2018]
Law Society of Ontario v. Mehta, 2019 ONLSTH 154 [CanLII]
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‘He was everywhere and nowhere all at once’: The elaborate web of triple shooting victim Arash Missaghi [The Star; ungated]
Arash Missaghi and Canada’s Largest Abandoned Mansion [Freaktography]
Paradise Lost [Toronto Life, 2018]
Law Society of Ontario v. Mehta, 2019 ONLSTH 154 [CanLII]
This post sponsored by seanmpuckett's #LinkMe
The last 10 years have extinguished any shred of empathy I was capable of feeling for con men who get their just deserts.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:59 AM on June 25 [30 favorites]
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 3:59 AM on June 25 [30 favorites]
When you eliminate the possibility of justice through the courts, this is what justice looks like.
posted by ryanshepard at 4:14 AM on June 25 [36 favorites]
posted by ryanshepard at 4:14 AM on June 25 [36 favorites]
“People who disobey me end up missing,” said one of his text messages filed as part of a Law Society of Ontario tribunal.
ok then
posted by lescour at 4:23 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
ok then
posted by lescour at 4:23 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
Smedly, Butlerian jihadi, who's Keyser Söze?
posted by HearHere at 4:33 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]
posted by HearHere at 4:33 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]
Exactly!
posted by ashbury at 5:11 AM on June 25 [8 favorites]
posted by ashbury at 5:11 AM on June 25 [8 favorites]
Toonies to tourtières this fucker was enmeshed with one or more state secret services, hence the crown suddenly dropping shit.
posted by lalochezia at 5:21 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
posted by lalochezia at 5:21 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
I remember that story in Toronto Life. That was this guy too? Geez.
Also, Haileybury seems like such a weird place to build that enormous mansion.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:33 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]
Also, Haileybury seems like such a weird place to build that enormous mansion.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 5:33 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]
That house is so weird.
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:48 AM on June 25 [3 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:48 AM on June 25 [3 favorites]
Haileybury seems like such a weird place to build that enormous mansion.
It was built by a local man who made millions called Peter Grant of Grant Forest products.
Grant was from New Liskeard. He even had a small golf course there.
New Liskeard, Haileybury. and Cobalt are 3 small towns usually referred to as the Tri- towns.
They merged to form a new town now called called Temiskaming Shores in 2004
posted by yyz at 7:11 AM on June 25 [4 favorites]
It was built by a local man who made millions called Peter Grant of Grant Forest products.
Grant was from New Liskeard. He even had a small golf course there.
New Liskeard, Haileybury. and Cobalt are 3 small towns usually referred to as the Tri- towns.
They merged to form a new town now called called Temiskaming Shores in 2004
posted by yyz at 7:11 AM on June 25 [4 favorites]
Toonies to tourtières this fucker was enmeshed with one or more state secret services, hence the crown suddenly dropping shit.
I thought as much too but it seems like the secret services dropped the ball on that. They should have quietly made the problems go away before they got to court or hit the papers, not repeatedly cutting things off at the last second in a very publicly mysterious way.
posted by star gentle uterus at 7:16 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]
I thought as much too but it seems like the secret services dropped the ball on that. They should have quietly made the problems go away before they got to court or hit the papers, not repeatedly cutting things off at the last second in a very publicly mysterious way.
posted by star gentle uterus at 7:16 AM on June 25 [1 favorite]
I thought as much too but it seems like the secret services dropped the ball on that
"sometimes you just wanna flex and show a last minute save" CSIS
posted by lalochezia at 7:19 AM on June 25 [2 favorites]
I don't think a special ops connection is necessary. The crown has its head squarely up its ass; we know that to be true. There's no need to drag in additional actors. Shithead discovered early on the way to beat just about every fraud rap was to simply not own anything. So what if the crown wins a case that takes years to prosecute, there's no financial judgement that can stick, no restitution to be made. Why bother, says the crown. Not caring that this simply eggs him on to do it some more. The law's fucked up, and if there's no way to stop the guy legally, all that's left is this.
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:52 AM on June 25 [7 favorites]
posted by seanmpuckett at 7:52 AM on June 25 [7 favorites]
The Globe and Mail headline says "businessman" while the comments (here, everywhere) are yelling about a criminal reflects part of how he got away with it for so long.
posted by zenon at 9:03 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
posted by zenon at 9:03 AM on June 25 [10 favorites]
A terrible story and I remember the Toronto Life article, but hadn't connected this latest shooting to it until now.
I have close friends who work on investigation and prosecution of these crimes and have learned from them that although physical violence may not always be involved, they are horrendously destructive and traumatizing to the victims and associates of these fraudsters - and sadly when violence does occur, more often than not it's a suicide of someone who was defrauded, like in this case.
On a lighter note, I'm also astounded at the amount of work that they put into committing these crimes and maintaining their web of lies - they could easily do well in legitimate business with that work ethic!
posted by fortitude25 at 9:22 AM on June 25 [12 favorites]
I have close friends who work on investigation and prosecution of these crimes and have learned from them that although physical violence may not always be involved, they are horrendously destructive and traumatizing to the victims and associates of these fraudsters - and sadly when violence does occur, more often than not it's a suicide of someone who was defrauded, like in this case.
On a lighter note, I'm also astounded at the amount of work that they put into committing these crimes and maintaining their web of lies - they could easily do well in legitimate business with that work ethic!
posted by fortitude25 at 9:22 AM on June 25 [12 favorites]
Shinzo Abe levels of “fuck that guy”.
posted by Artw at 9:43 AM on June 25 [4 favorites]
posted by Artw at 9:43 AM on June 25 [4 favorites]
I started telling a friend about this story
Me: "So there's a man who defrauded hundreds of people of at least 100 million dollars, and despite multiple court cases, he was never convicted of anything or had any civil judgements against him..."
Friend: "And now he's running for president?"
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 2:27 AM on June 26 [6 favorites]
Me: "So there's a man who defrauded hundreds of people of at least 100 million dollars, and despite multiple court cases, he was never convicted of anything or had any civil judgements against him..."
Friend: "And now he's running for president?"
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries at 2:27 AM on June 26 [6 favorites]
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posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 3:54 AM on June 25 [4 favorites]