A Saskatoon judge has dismissed a Crown application to allow investigators more time with documents pertaining to an allegedly illegal business scheme where charges have not yet been laid.
Neither the business nor the nature of the scheme was identified in the decision because of the ongoing investigation. In an affidavit, an investigator said criminal charges are expected to be laid nine months after the seizure, and the documents will be needed to prosecute the case. No reason was given for the nine-month timeline, Danyliuk noted.
“Here, the Crown is concerned that if notice is given to one of the three known targets, the ongoing investigation will be threatened. It is unclear why one or more of the targets needs to be notified since the documents were not seized from any of them,” Danyliuk wrote.“I have no evidence or argument on why the owners/principals of the business would receive notice as opposed to the person from whom the papers were seized.