Exclusive: GTA man cops plea in fake ‘Camel Toe’ Toonie case, gets big fine
Global News
The flood of fake Toonies in the GTA that spread across Canada and continue to circulate, caused the Mint to draft a special plan to manage "contamination" of the coinage system.
A Toronto Area man has been fined $100,000 after he quietly pleaded guilty to possession and fraudulent use of thousands of counterfeit $2 coins after depositing the fakes into Canada’s banking system, Global News has learned.
During a brief court appearance in Newmarket on Dec. 9, 2022, That Daixiong He, 69, of Richmond Hill, Ont., admitted he was guilty for his use of fake Toonies.
He’s plea came after he was caught injecting thousands of fake Toonies into Canada’s banking system by making large deposits into several of his personal accounts at BMO, HSBC and RBC.
There also is a second person of interest in this case who appears to have escaped a deportation attempt.
Global News was unable to reach Mr. He for comment. He received no prison time, even though he faced a maximum sentence of 14 years in jail.
Ontario General Court Justice Amit Ghosh fined Mr. He $100,000 after he admitted to breaching two sections of the Criminal Code (452 a and 450 b) for ‘uttering and possessing’ counterfeit $2 coins between Jan. 4, 2021, and Nov. 12, 2021 “without lawful justification or excuse.”
The Crown later agreed to stay the second charge of possessing fake Toonies after He paid his fine by electronic bank draft, court records show.
His guilty plea came after a probe by the RCMP’s Trans-National Serious and Organized Crime unit in Toronto, led by Supt. Ann Koenig, with involvement by Fintrac, the federal government’s financial intelligence agency.
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