BC Lawyers Receiving Extortion Threats, Legal Regulator Warns

BC Lawyers Receiving Extortion Threats, Legal Regulator Warns
A bullet hole is seen in the shattered window of a café as a police officer walks by outside, in Surrey, B.C., on Aug. 7, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for “substantial sums of money.”

The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted with threats to their physical safety and it urges victims to contact police.