Gregory George Dureault

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

Gregory G. Dureault, a BC lawyer called in 1985, admitted professional misconduct via a Rule 3-7.1 consent agreement approved February 28, 2025. Between 2016 and 2017 he permitted his firm's trust accounts to be used to receive and disburse roughly US$100,000 (BNL transactions) and further large sums connected to Company MCI/DE and Company WB, without providing legal services, without making reasonable inquiries into the source of funds, and without proper client identification/verification. He took instructions from non-clients, acted as a director/shareholder of a major shareholder of a public company (Company BLT) amid suspicious circumstances involving offshore convertible-debt/share transactions later subject to SEC revocation and RCMP/FBI money-laundering investigation. He admitted being duped and that he ought to have known he may have been facilitating crime, dishonesty or fraud. The tribunal did not make an express finding of dishonesty against him. He agreed to a three-month suspension. Mitigating factors included no prior record, cooperation, remorse, and ceasing to operate trust accounts. No fine or costs figures were stated.

Duties found breached:

• Not mislead the court
• No improper communication with the court
• No conflict between current clients
• Handle inadvertently received material
• No improper use of client money
• Report serious misconduct of others
• Not misrepresent regulated status

Mitigating factors:

• No prior professional conduct record/disciplinary history
• Made admissions and cooperated with discipline counsel in a timely way to resolve by consent
• Remorseful and now understands the seriousness of the misuse of a trust account
• Ceased operating trust accounts and undertook not to operate one in future
• Cooperated appropriately with RCMP investigation