couple $1.7 million in damages for malicious prosecution. The CRA charged the Samaroos with 21 counts of tax evasion in 2008, accusing them of skimming $1.7 million from their restaurant. A provincial court judge acquitted the couple after a 19-day trial in 2011, but the CRA is still battling them in tax court. As an immigrant from Trinidad, Tony Samaroo claimed he didn't trust banks and kept decades' worth of savings in safety deposit boxes instead. The provincial court judge who heard the initial case found Samaroo credible.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2018 08:00 UTC