Farm equipment was bought and sold under false name. The seller never received payment after the equipment was taken away. C.D. was charged because police believed he was the one who organized the fraudulent sale. All charges were dropped.

B.B. stole over 15,000$ from his employer over the period of 1 month. B.B. was fired, and charged with theft. Celine’s client received a conditional discharge, sparing him from a criminal conviction.

As B.G. was caring for patients in their home, she agreed to work for one patient outside of her contract. B.G. further took money from her patient’s credit card, and was charged with theft and fraud in Brockville.  Although the Crown wanted to send B.G. to jail, Celine Dostaler’s strong advocacy skills persuaded the court to impose a discharge, so that B.G. did not have a criminal record.

TC is a single father, struggling to earn enough money to take care of his child. Someone he knew approached him, and offered him money if he agreed to sign a lease of a vehicle with false ID. TC was charged with personation, fraud over $5,000 and theft over $5,000. Celine convinced the judge that a jail sentence was not appropriate in TC’s case, and TC was sentenced only to probation.

C.C. took over 30,000$ from her employer and was charged with fraud and criminal breach of trust.  After completing extensive rehabilitation and repaying the entire amount, Celine convinced the judge that her client should not receive a criminal record.  C.C. was sentenced to a conditional discharge, saving her from a conviction.

PB took money from his employer to pay his gambling debts. Although the Crown sought to put her client in jail, Celine successfully convinced the judge that because PB had completed counselling, community service and paid off his debt to his employer, he should not get a criminal record. PB was sentenced to an absolute discharge, the judge agreeing with Celine that this was “one of the very rare cases where a discharge is warranted.”

C.M. worked in a large retail location with his partner, and was in charge of security. Over $20,000 went missing from the company, and they suspected C.M. The company interviewed C.M., and persuaded him to admit to the theft so that his partner could keep his job. Although he admitted taking the money during the interview, and even wrote a statement to that effect, Céline worked tirelessly to uncover inconsistencies in the case. With those inconsistencies, she was able to convince the judge that C.M’s admission was not reliable. The charges were dropped by the Crown.

Police charged T.N. with being the head of a criminal organization that stole trucks from concession lots and shipped them to Africa.  T.N. already had a criminal record for theft, and had already spent years in jail for exporting illegal goods, but the Crown was looking at a long jail sentence for these crimes.  T.N. admitted to Céline that he did ship one cargo illegally, but denied shipping over 30 stolen vehicles. Police said they had phone records and shipping records which showed T.N. to be the brains of the operation. Céline investigated every angle, turned every stone, and was able to show that the phone records and shipping records were not reliable.  T.N. only plead guilty to trafficking stolen property one time, and did not serve any jail time.