Thick Brush Stroke

Mortgage dealer in Victoria was fired after the regulator cited "misappropriated millions"

HIMANSHU MISHRA

The Crown regulator of financial services has suspended the Victoria

mortgage broker who owes investors about a quarter billion dollars,

citing a lack of honesty, integrity, and professionalism.

Numerous civil lawsuits and court-ordered receivership processes have been filed

against Greg Martel and his business, Shop Your Own Mortgage, in an effort to

solve the riddle of what happened to $226 million in missing investor monies.

A B.C. Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) decision states that a preliminary investigation into Martel

reveals that he "...misappropriated millions of dollars of bridge loan capital for personal benefit,

did not fulfil the terms of investment contracts, kept going to seek additional

funding after already going bankrupt on existing loans, and

did not work to comply with numerous orders of the B.C. Supreme Court."