Canadian lawyer missing - along with $3m from trust account

The Law Society of Upper Canada is trying to locate a real estate lawyer who has disappeared with all but US$89 from the trust account.

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Rita Grewel appears to have been in India recently, according to credit card records. The money, worth over US$3 million, related to mortgage funds from lenders which were held in a trust account by the sole practitioner. She was based in Mississauga, Ontario before - apparently - vacating her home and office premises. Ms Grewal qualified in 2011. The Law Society has suspend her as being ‘a significant risk to the public’. Source: ABA

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