A former city of Toronto court clerk and four paralegals are facing corruption charges in relation to an alleged traffic ticket-erasing scheme. Despite the losses, “remediation action was taken to ensure the affected court orders were recorded accurately and defendants notified,” city of Toronto spokesman Brad Ross wrote in email. Also alleged to be involved is former City of Toronto employee Frank Rizzello, who was fired from his job last year as a court clerk after a city staff investigation into the allegations, Ross said. None of the paralegals returned a request for comment and Rizzello could not be reached. The Law Society of Ontario, which regulates lawyers and paralegals, is aware of the criminal charges “against a few licensed paralegals,” and an investigation will follow, a spokeswoman wrote in email.

Source: thestar May 15, 2019 21:45 UTC