🇨🇦 NO INCOME. A $40 MILLION TAX REFUND CLAIM. AND THE CRA ACTUALLY SENT HIM MORE THAN $10 MILLION!
You couldn’t make this stuff up!
A shocking investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate has revealed how Jonathon Pearce, an ironworker from northern Ontario who follows the so-called sovereign citizen movement, managed to receive more than $10 million from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Here’s what happened.
In 2023, Pearce submitted tax returns reporting ZERO income, while falsely claiming he had previously paid more than $40 million in taxes and was entitled to get that money back.
And what did the CRA do?
IT STARTED SENDING HIM THE MONEY!
First came nearly $500,000. Then, on August 8, 2023, another $10 MILLION landed in his bank account.
Two additional payments totalling $30 million were reportedly stopped only after his BANK raised the alarm.
Here’s the part I find particularly disturbing.
According to CBC, Pearce had actually called the CRA beforehand and discussed his unusual tax theories. Yet the refunds still went through.
And this wasn’t necessarily an isolated incident.
The Fifth Estate uncovered internal CRA records identifying nearly $300 MILLION in questionable refund claims connected to the same scheme between May 2023 and January 2024. The total amount actually paid out remains unknown.
The CRA says it has measures to combat tax fraud, but this investigation raises serious questions about how these payments were approved in the first place.
Think about that. Ordinary Canadians are expected to account for every dollar of income and every tax deduction.
Yet somehow, more than $10 million was deposited into one man’s account based on tax claims that apparently weren’t properly verified.
How does something like this happen? And who is accountable when taxpayer money goes out the door?
Watch this remarkable CBC Fifth Estate investigation and decide for yourself.
🎥 Video credit: CBC News / The Fifth Estate — The Sovereign Swindle
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