Therol E. L. Voche

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Therol Voche', an attorney-at-law and President of investment company VCIL, induced complainant Jeffrey Dujon to invest US$60,000 partly on the strength of his status as an attorney. After the Securities Commission suspended VCIL's licence and Dujon sought redemption, the attorney signed a series of letters giving false assurances and purporting to roll over the investment despite having no authority to do so and knowing the company was in receivership. The Committee found beyond reasonable doubt that his conduct from April to September 1998 was deceitful and dishonest, breaching Canons I(b), I(c) and IV(j). Guided by Bolton v Law Society, the Committee ordered him struck off the Roll and to pay $50,000 costs to the complainant and $30,000 costs to the Disciplinary Committee.

Duties found breached:

• Uphold public trust in the profession
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material

Aggravating factors:

• Proven dishonesty through repeated false assurances over an extended period
• Personal interest conflicting with professional duty - sought personal benefit by shoring up his company
• Encouraged investment based on his status as an Attorney-at-Law
• Failed to disclose suspension of VCIL's licence and that company was in receivership
• Did not appear or answer the complaint

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=80000"]