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Section of the Act/Instrument

Penalty

Company/Individual: SEC Carbon Ltd.
Product: graphite electrodes
Date: 2007-11-09		 s. 45
Conspiracy		 $250,000
Company/Individual: Bayer Group
Product: rubber and chemicals industry
Date: 2007-10-30		 s. 45
Conspiracy		 $3,645,000
Company/Individual: Ibiden Co. Ltd.
Product: isostatic graphite
Date: 2007-09-19		 s. 45
Conspiracy		 $550,000
Company/Individual: Fort McMurray Auto Body Shops
Product: auto body repair services
Date: 2007-02-16		 s. 45
Conspiracy
s. 61 Price Maintenance 		Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Du Pont Performance Elastomers
Product: Polychloroprene rubber
Date: 2007-07-19		 s. 45
Conspiracy		 $4,000,000
    Total: $8,445,000
Company/Individual: Sotheby’s et sa filiale canadienne Sotheby’s (Canada) Inc.
Product: Services de ventes aux enchères internationales
Date: 2006-08-28		 s. 45 International Conspiracy
s. 46 Foreign Directives 		$750,000 for investigative costs 5-year Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Cascades Fine Papers Group Inc.,
Product: Carbonless Sheets
Date: 2006-01-09

s. 45 Conspiracy

$12,500,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Domtar Inc.
Date: 2006-01-09

 s. 45 Conspiracy

$12,500,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Unisource Canada, Inc.
Date: 2006-01-09

 s. 45 Conspiracy

$12,500,000
Prohibition Order

   

Total: $37,500,000

Company/Individual: Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd.
Product: Graphite Electrodes
Date: 2005-12-08		 s. 45 Conspiracy $100,000
Company/Individual: Labatt Brewing Company Limited
Product: Beer
Date: 2005-11-23		 s. 61 Price Maintenance

$250,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Ajinomoto Co. Inc.
Product: Nucleotides
Date: 2005-08-30 		s. 45 Conspiracy $1,500,000
Company/Individual: CJ Corp
Date:2005-08-30
 s. 45 Conspiracy $175,000
    Total: $1,675,000
Company/Individual: Mitsubishi Corporation
Product: Graphite Electrodes
Date: 2005-05-12 		s. 46 Foreign Directives $1,000,000
Company/Individual: Sears Canada
Product: Tire ads
Date: 2005-04-01 		s. 74.01(1(a) False or Misleading Representations

$100,000 administrative monetary penalty
$387,000 legal costs
10-year Prohibition Order

Total: $487,000

Company/Individual: Alexis Corporation (3636135 Canada Inc.) and 3587932 Canada Inc
Sheldon Cutler
Product: Prize-pitch scam
Date: 2005-03-15		 s. 52.1 Deceptive Telemarketing 20-month conditional sentence
2-year probation
$20,000 fine
Company/Individual: Alexis Corporation (3636135 Canada Inc.) and 3587932 Canada Inc
William Kenwood
Product: Prize-pitch scam
Date: 2005-03-15 		s. 52.1 Deceptive Telemarketing 6-month conditional sentence
2-year probation
100 hours community service

Company/Individual: NSV Nutrinautes Inc.
Product: Multi-level marketing plan
Date: 2005-03-11

 s. 55 Multi-Level Marketing Plan $75,000
Company/Individual: NSV Nutrinautes Inc.
Vice-President, Richard Arsenault,
Product: Multi-level marketing plan
Date: 2005-03-11		 s. 52.1 Deceptive Telemarketing 2-year conditional jail sentence
10-year Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Federal Auction Service and its president, Amir Durrani Auction coordinator and conductor
Product:
Date: 2005-03-10

 s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations $25,000
Company/Individual: Robert J. Hart, former senior vice president of UCAR International Inc.
Product: Graphite electrodes
Date: 2005-03-02		 s. 45 Conspiracy $50,000
Company/Individual: GoodLife Fitness Clubs Inc.
Product: Fitness Center
Date: 2005-02-09

s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 Pay an administrative monetary penalty of $75,000
Ordered to cease conduct or substantially similar reviewable conduct for 10 years
Company/Individual: Performance Marketing Ltd., Kevin Atkinson and Duane Gartman
Product: Diet patches
Date: 2004-12-13

s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 Refund consumers the full value of the diet patches
Company/Individual: Global Online Systems Inc. and its directors, Deborah Jane Stoltz and Marilyn Thom
Product: Multi-Level Marketing Plan
Date: 2004-11-23		 s. 55 Multi-Level Marketing and
s. 55.1 Pyramid Selling

$150,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Royal Group Technologies (Quebec) Inc.
Product: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) window covering
Date: 2004-11-15		 s. 61 Price Maintenance $200,000
Company/Individual: The Millnaires of Canada Ltd. and its president, Stalin McIntosh
Product: Multi-Level Marketing Plan
Date: 2004-11-09		 s. 55 Multi-Level Marketing and
s. 55.1 Pyramid Selling		  
Company/Individual: Nippon Electrodes Company Ltd.
Product: Cathode blocks
Date: 2004-11-09 		s. 45 Conspiracy $225,000
Company/Individual: John Deere Limited
Product: Lawn tractor
Date: 2004-10-19 		s. 61 Price Maintenance

Customer refund $1,191,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: VAW Carbon
Product: Cathode blocks
Date: 2004-09-22 		s. 45 Conspiracy $500,000
Company/Individual: Anitech Enterprises Inc., also known as PetNet
Product:
Date: 2004-07-28		   $150,000
Company/Individual: Morganite Canada Corp.
Product: Carbon brushes
Date: 2004-07-16 		s. 46 Foreign Directives $450,000
Company/Individual: The Forzani Group Ltd. (FGL)
Product: Sporting, exercise activities & products
Date: 2004-07-06		 s. 74.12 Consent Agreement $1,700,000
Company/Individual: Internet Registry of Canada and Daniel Klemann
Product: Internet Registry
Date: 2004-06-30		  

$40,000
5-year Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Hanson Publications Inc., Associated Merchant Paper Supply Inc., Copier Supply Centre Inc. and OS Networks Inc.
Product: Telemarketing
Date: 2004-06-29		   All companies and individualals received a
10-year Prohibition Order

Company: Adrian Towning, director of all the firms, and Charles Hamouth, director of both Hanson and Associated Merchant
Product: Paper Supplies
Date: 2004-06-29

  

10-month conditional sentences comprised of six months house arrest and four months curfe
75 hours community service
1-year probation

Individual: (Russell) Todd Ivison
Date: 2004-06-29
  $20,000

Individuals: Jamie Lynes, Neil Underwood
Date: 2004-06-29

   $10,000
50 hours community service
1-year probation
Individual: Sean Beesley
Date: 2004-06-29 		  $5,000
50 hours community service
1-year probation
    Total: $35,000
Company/Individual: Crompton Corporation
Product: Rubber Chemicals
Date: 2004-05-28 		s. 45 Conspiracy $9,000,000
Company/Individual: 1473253 Ontario Incorporated, operating as Yellowbusiness.ca,
James Tetaka
Product: Phoney invoice scam
Date: 2004-05-21		  

$60,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Yellowbusiness directory.com;
Alan Benlolo, Elliot Benlolo, Victor Serfaty and
Simon Benlolo
Product: Internet business directory
Date: 2004-04-26		 s. 52(1) False or Misleading Representations

Alan Benlolo $400,000
Elliot Benlolo $400,000
Victor Serfaty $15,000
Simon Benlolo $100,000

Total: $915,000

Company/Individual: Teleresolve Inc., an affiliate of Goldline Telemanagement Inc.
Product: Prepaid long-distance phone cards
Date: 2004-03-16		 s. 74.12 Consent Agreement $ 750,000
Provide a 50% credit of the value of all WOW and LILY cards with proof of purchase
Company/Individual: Robert R. Krass
(Former senior vice president of UCAR International Inc.)
Product: Graphite electrodes
Date: 2003-09-18		 s. 45 Conspiracy $70,000
Company/Individual: Arteva Specialties S.a.r.l.
(Also known as KoSa)
Product: Polyester Staple Fiber
Date: 2003-08-29		 s. 45 Conspiracy $1,500,000
Company/Individual: Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV
Product: Monochloroacetic Acid and Monochloroacetate (MCAA)
Date: 2003-08-19 		s. 45 Conspiracy $1,900,000
Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Akzo Nobel Chemicals BV
Product: Choline Chloride
Date: 2003-08-19 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$1,000,000
Prohibition Order


Company/Individual: Bioproducts Incorporated
Date: 2003-08-19
s. 45 Conspiracy

$600,000
Prohibition Order

 

Total: $1,600,000

Company/Individual: Suzy Shier Inc.,
Product: Clothing Retailer
Date: 2003-06-13

a. 74.01 (3) Ordinary Selling Price

a. 74.12 Consent Agreement 

 $1,000,000
Company/Individual: Gold Factory Ltd. and
Roger Pye
Product: Jewellery
Date: 2003-04-23

a. 74.01 (3) Ordinary Selling Price

a. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 $300,000
10-year Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Toyo Tanso USA Inc.
Product: Isostatic Graphite
Date: 2003-04-15 		s. 61 Price Maintenance $200,000
Company/Individual: Toyota Canada Inc.
Product: Automobile sale
Date: 2003-03-28

s. 61 Price Maintenance


Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Rhône-Poulenc Biochimie S.A.
Product: Methylglucamine
Date: 2003-02-27 		s. 45 Conspiracy $500,000
Company/Individual: Re/Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada Inc. and Re/Max International Inc.
Product: Real Estate Brokage Services
Date: 2003-02-17 		s. 61 Price Maintenance Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Modugno-Hortibec Inc.
Product: Garden products
Date: 2003-01-27		 s. 7 Representations Relating to
Pre-Packaged Products		 $4,250
Company/Individual: Farber Blake Corp.
Product: Promotional Products
Date: 2003-01-20		 s. 52 (1)(a) Misleading Advertising $300,000
Company/Individual: Nippon Goshei Industries Ltd.
Product: Sorbates
Date: 2002-12-18		 s. 45 Conspiracy $100,000
Company/Individual: Dr Kuno Sommer (Former senior executive at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.)
Product: Bulk Vitamins
Date: 2002-10-16 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$150,000

Company/Individual: Reilly Industries Inc.
Date: 2002-10-16		  s. 45 Conspiracy

$35,000

Company/Individual: Nepera Inc.
Date: 2002-10-16		  s. 45 Conspiracy

$240,000

Company/Individual: Lonza AG
Date: 2002-10-16		  s. 45 Conspiracy

$1,100,000

Company/Individual: Degussa AG
Date: 2002-10-16		  s. 45 Conspiracy

$2,500,000

   

Total: $4,025,000

Company/Individual: Phone Directories Company Inc.
Product: Phone directories
Date: 2002-05-10

s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 $5,000 administrative monetary penalty Ordered to cease conduct or substantially similar reviewable conduct for 10 years
Company/Individual: 3628159 Canada Inc. (Antirouilles Électroniques TP) Garantie Express Inc.
Jacques Nadeau
Product: Anticorrosion device
Date: 2001-12-12

s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations
s. 74.01 (1)(b) Representations not Based on Adequate and Proper Test
s. 74.01 (1)(c) Misleading Warranties and Guarantees

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 Ordered to cease conduct or substantially similar reviewable conduct for 10 years
Company/Individual: Laurentide Chemicals, Atlantic Ltd.
Product: Paint
Date: 2001-12-05		 s. 7 Representations Relating to
Pre-Packaged Products		 $6,000
Company/Individual: Gotham Industries Inc.
Product: Paint Thinner, Methyl Hydrate and Anti-freeze
Date: 2001-11-14		 s. 7 Representations Relating to
Pre-Packaged Products 		$1,500
Company/Individual: Pfizer Inc.
Product: Sodium Erythorbate
Date: 2001-10-24		 s. 45 Conspiracy $1,500,000
Company/Individual: Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd.
Product: Sorbates
Date: 2001-07-30 		s. 45 Conspiracy $1,250,000
Company/Individual: Yoshiyuki Ebara (Former senior executives with Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Ltd. )
Date: 2001-07-30 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$150,000

   

Total: $1,400,000

Company/Individual: Lifestyles Canada Inc.
Product: Multi-Level Marketing Plan
Date: 2001-04-01		 s. 55 Multi-Level Marketing Plan $95,000
Company/Individual: Carbone of America Industries Corp.
Product: Isostatic Graphite
Date: 2001-03-01 		s. 45 Conspiracy $300,000
Company/Individual: Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.
Product: Graphite Electrodes
Date: 2001-02-05		 s. 46 Foreign Directives $250,000
Company/Individual: Freyssinet Limitée
Product: Prestressing Steel System
Date: 2001-01-08 		s. 47 Bid-Rigging

$800,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Gaston Charbonneau Floral Ltd.
Product: Compost bags
Date: 2000-12-05		 s. 7 Representations Relating to
Pre-Packaged Products		 $3,000
Company/Individual: C.S.R.H. Heritage Group Inc.
Product: Deceptive telemarketing and direct mail practices (Promotional products)
Date: 2000-12-01		 s. 52 (1)(a) Misleading Advertising $700
Company/Individual: Stephen Clark, Director of S.S. Viking Industries, S. C. Canadian Clearing Centre Inc., and Exclusive Premium Distribution Centre S. C. Corporation
Product: Promotional Products
Date: 2000-12-01		 s. 52 (1)(a) Misleading Advertising* $300,000

Company/Individual: La Cie de pavage d’asphalte Beaver, Division du Groupe Devesco Ltée
Product: Snow Clearing, Removal and Transportation
Date: 2000-10-24

s. 45 Conspiracy $271,700
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Excavation Loiselle et frères Inc.

  s. 45 Conspiracy

$121,700
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Giguère et Geoffroy Inc.

   s. 45 Conspiracy

$121,700
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Nepcon Inc.

  s. 45 Conspiracy

$271,700
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Roxboro Excavation Inc.

  s. 45 Conspiracy

$121,700
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: 9014-6135 Québec Inc.

   s. 45 Conspiracy

$91,500
Prohibition Order

   

Total: $1,000,000

Company/Individual: Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Product: Sorbates
Date: 2000-09-19		 s. 45 Conspiracy $2,460,000
Prohibition Order
Company/Individual: Takayasu Miyasaka (Former Director with Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd.)
Date: 2000-09-19		  s. 45 Conspiracy

$250,000

    Total: $2,710,000
Company/Individual: Professional Consultants
(Electro protections) Inc., Gestion Professionnelle (Électro protections) Inc. and Jean Huges Chénard
Product: Anticorrosion device
Date: 2000-09-12

s. 74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations
s. 74.01 (1)(b) Representations not Based on Adequate and Proper Test

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 Ordered to cease conduct or substantially similar reviewable conduct for 10 years
Company/Individual: 3181731 Canada Inc., c.o.b. as Direct Health Organization, Columbus Health Centre, New Opportunities Publications and Canadian Shipment Centre
Product: Weight Loss Products (Deceptive Mail)
Date: 2000-08-30		 s. 52 (1)(a) Misleading Advertising* $500,000
Company/Individual: SGL Carbon Aktienge-sellschaft
Product: Graphite Electrodes
Date: 2000-07-18		 s. 46 Foreign Directives $12,500,000
Company/Individual: Association des notaires de Rivière-du-Loup
Product: Real Estate Services
Date: 2000-04-26 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$25,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Shakemaster Manufacturing Inc.
Product: Commercial Timber Permits
Date: 2000-04-25		 s. 47 Bid-Rigging

$15,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Universal, Payphones Inc. and George Katsoulakis
Product: Payphones
Date: 2000-04-18

s.74.01 (1)(a) False or Misleading Representations
s.74.01 (1)(c) Misleading Warranties and Guarantees

s. 74.12 Consent Agreement

 Ordered to cease conduct or substantially similar reviewable conduct for 10 years
Company/Individual: King Pape Holdings Limited
Product: Electrical Contractors (Commercial Office Space Renovation)
Date: 2000-03-31		 s. 47 Bid-Rigging

$300,000

Company/Individual: Standard Electric (Toronto 1985) Inc.
Date: 2000-03-31		  s. 47 Bid-Rigging

$65,000

Company/Individual: VanJohn Ltd. carrying on business as Ehrlich Electric Company
Date: 2000-03-31		  s. 47 Bid-Rigging

$12,500

   

Total: $377,500

Company/Individual: Merck KGaA
Product: Bulk Vitamins
Date: 2000-03-30 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$1,000,000
Prohibition Order

Company/Individual: Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
Product: Bulk Vitamins
Date: 2000-03-01 		s. 45 Conspiracy

$5,200,000
Prohibition Order

Date Modified: 2008-03-12

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