Nanaimo family awarded nearly $1.7M after legal battle with the CRA
NANAIMO — After years of hardships, a lengthy legal battle and having their names dragged through the mud, a Nanaimo family has triumphed in a legal battle against the Canada Revenue Agency.
In a B.C. Supreme Court decision published on March 2 by the Honourable Justice Robert Punnett, Tony and Helen Samaroo, who own the MGM restaurant, a night club and also a hotel, were awarded nearly $1.7 million.
It’s revealed in the 90-page ruling the Samaroo’s were “wrongfully and maliciously persecuted” by the Canada Revenue Agency during a lengthy court case.
The Samaroo’s were charged with 21 counts of tax evasion in 2008, accused of not properly representing the MGM Restaurant’s earnings from their graveyard shift and skimming $50,000 a month for themselves.