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Ponzi and pyramid scheme hearing to begin in July

By The IJ Staff | May 27, 2020, 11:15 a.m.

Five B.C. residents who allegedly helped promote a U.S.-based Ponzi and pyramid scheme will have their day in front of the British Columbia Securities Commission in July.

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