A tip to the Canada Revenue Agency resulted in a world of trouble for a British Columbia couple and charges of tax evasion, but a judge’s ruling has found they did nothing wrong. The CRA, on the other hand, was condemned for “malicious prosecution” of the couple and suppressing evidence in the case.
In a scathing 70-page ruling, Justice Robert Punnett of the B.C. Supreme Court criticized the tax agency for its zeal to prosecute Tony and Helen Samaroo for tax evasion despite evidence to the contrary.
