Alka Singh Charged Quasi-Criminally with Unregistered Trading and Breaching an OSC Cease Trade Order

For Immediate Release OSC Enforcement Before the Court

TORONTO – The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that Alka Singh of Toronto, Ontario has been charged with alleged breaches of the Securities Act (Ontario) following an investigation by the OSC’s Joint Serious Offences Team (JSOT).

Singh was charged with one count of trading without registration as required by section 25(1) of the Securities Act.

Singh was further charged with one count of trading in securities during a time when she was prohibited from trading in securities by order of the Commission dated March 24, 2014.

Singh continues to be subject to a cease trade order prohibiting her from trading in securities.

Singh is scheduled to appear in court in this matter on March 11, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in Courtroom # 111 at Old City Hall - Ontario Court of Justice, 60 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

JSOT was established by the OSC as an enforcement partnership between the OSC, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Financial Crime program and the Ontario Provincial Police Anti-Rackets Branch. The primary objective of JSOT is to protect investors and further enhance confidence in the Canadian capital markets through effective enforcement. This is accomplished through collaborative investigations of serious violations of the law using the provisions of the Securities Act or the Criminal Code. 

***Update as of April 23, 2021***

The charges outlined in the release above were withdrawn and Singh entered into a Peace Bond on August 3, 2018 before the Ontario Court of Justice. Singh is no longer subject to the cease trade order or Peace Bond.

The mandate of the OSC is to provide protection to investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices and to foster fair and efficient capital markets and confidence in the capital markets. Investors are urged to check the registration of any persons or company offering an investment opportunity and to review the OSC investor materials available at www.osc.ca

 

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