>An investigation found Singh had purchased a Pine Ridge area residential property in December 2020 and listed it as a gurudwara, a Sikh place of worship.
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>After the work permits of the three foreign nationals were refused, the Dukh Niwaren Sewa Society ***opened three volunteer positions for “religious work” at the gurudwara***, Sinclair said.
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>Sometime later, the ***Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada agency approved visitor permits for seven additional paid positions at the gurudwara.***
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>Border service investigators executed a search warrant at the Pine Ridge property and ***found it was being used as a residential rental property, not a place of worship.*** Investigators interviewed a female resident, “who confirmed there was no religious work taking place whatsoever,” Sinclair said.
The_Iyengar7 on
Without clicking on the article, you can say he has to be a Singh
CinnamonBlue on
A slap on the wrist.
NightDisastrous2510 on
Uummm…. Seems a little light
DreadpirateBG on
That fine is light. He should loose any opportunity to do this work ever again and be followed up on regularly for a couple years as he will contribute to something similar again.
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Of course the CBC skips over the [really damning details.](https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/2024/10/03/immigration-consultant-fined-sentenced-to-house-arrest-in-religious-work-scam)
>An investigation found Singh had purchased a Pine Ridge area residential property in December 2020 and listed it as a gurudwara, a Sikh place of worship.
>
>After the work permits of the three foreign nationals were refused, the Dukh Niwaren Sewa Society ***opened three volunteer positions for “religious work” at the gurudwara***, Sinclair said.
>
>Sometime later, the ***Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada agency approved visitor permits for seven additional paid positions at the gurudwara.***
>
>Border service investigators executed a search warrant at the Pine Ridge property and ***found it was being used as a residential rental property, not a place of worship.*** Investigators interviewed a female resident, “who confirmed there was no religious work taking place whatsoever,” Sinclair said.
Without clicking on the article, you can say he has to be a Singh
A slap on the wrist.
Uummm…. Seems a little light
That fine is light. He should loose any opportunity to do this work ever again and be followed up on regularly for a couple years as he will contribute to something similar again.