's Lower Mainland allegedly fled Canada after posting a $10,000 release bond following his arrest by immigration officials investigating a scam that saw victims send more than $1 million to fraudsters posing as Canada Revenue Agency employees. Court documents claim Xue transferred $1 million in and out of his bank accounts. According to court documents, the CBSA arrested Xue and then released him on a $10,000 bond pending a hearing set for September 2019. The documents say he fled Canada around Aug. 15, 2019, about the same time his father listed the Burnaby house for sale. According to his court filings, Zenggang Xue was spending his summer in B.C., in 2019 when RCMP raided his home while investigating his son.

Source: CBC News July 22, 2021 11:00 UTC