Former Vancouver Canucks goalie Kay Whitmore has been ordered to return the $384,000 he profited from investing in a $110 million Ponzi scheme run by former B.C. Creditors of Samji's estate, including investors who lost money in the scheme, are now going after those who made money, including Whitmore. In fact, Whitmore received a first payment of $45,000 from Samji less than two weeks later in the form of nine bank drafts of $5,000 each. The following month, the Ponzi scheme began to unravel when the Society of Notaries Public of B.C. Of the 220 investors in Samji's Ponzi scheme, approximately 150 lost money, amounting to millions of dollars.
Source: CBC News October 30, 2017 19:52 UTC