Ontario court keeps brother’s bank accounts frozen in US debt fight
Her efforts recovered $120,000. Questioned under oath in December 2024, the debtor said he could not pay and named an RRSP with GP Wealth as his only account outside the US. The court found he held several RBC accounts at the time.
After finding evidence of Canadian accounts, she had the judgment recognized in Ontario in September 2025 and sued both brothers, seeking fraud damages and to undo the debtor’s transfers to his brother. A Norwich order, which makes third parties hand over information, brought in records from TD, RBC and GP Wealth.
A boat, a condo and showroom cheques
The brother, a consultant who moved back to Ontario in October 2022, three months after the judgment, counts the debtor’s US business as his main client. He said he did what his brother asked. In February 2024, that included wiring $86,651 of the debtor’s money to a US dealer for a boat registered in the brother’s name.
The debtor admitted the boat was his. Asked why it was in his brother’s name, he testified he did not want the creditor “to have a penny of my money.” He also claimed she had forgiven the debt. The court said her actions showed otherwise.
More money moved. In March 2024, five $100,000 deposits hit the brothers’ joint RBC account, and $400,000 went to the debtor’s RBC investment account two days later. The brother said he knew nothing about them. In May 2024, the debtor gave him $100,000 CAD toward an Ontario condo. Cheques from the debtor’s business totalling $77,500, several marked as Canadian showroom expenses, landed in the brother’s personal account. Both men called that money the debtor’s savings.
