4 — Wednesday, April 24, 1996 - North Shore News

Plea saves dollars

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charges under the federal Competition
Act dating back to Novenber and
December 1994,

Three other charges against the busi-
ness and the same charges against the
Kalenuik brothers were dropped.

The dropped charges stemmed from
incidents in Ottawa in November 1994.
Burnaby the next month and Kamloops
in January 1995.

Investors Choice lawyer Peter Eccles
said the salesmen at the 1994 mectings
didn’t know how much a typical person
made because the business was new.

“The reality of most sales’ schemes is
some (people) make it, most don’t.” said
Eccles.

Investors Choice, also known as
Fortune in Motion, bought up discount
travel vouchers for long-weekend trips.

‘The trips were purchased from travel
operators who had unsold seats on those
trips.

The mini vacations included four-day
cruises in the Bahamas or weekends in

Orlando, Florida.

Under the scheme, one person would
buy eight of the Fortune In Motion trav-
el vouchers for $500. Each voucher
would be sold for $500 to someone
lower down in the multi-tiered market-
ing pyramid, according to Eccles.

66 What we have here
is carelessness, sufficient
to breach the act. 99

— Lawyer Peter Eccles

He said that “undoubtedly” there
would be instances when one person
would end up buying only one voucher
and not make money on the voucher's
resale.

The amount of money a typical per-
son made was not disclosed in court.

Eccles said the Competition Act was
designed to ensure that sales people did
not “blindly make representations."

“What we have here is carelessness,
sufficient to breach the act.” said Eccles.

Straith said Canada allows pyramid
sales plans to operate with “stringent”
restrictions.

Judge Bill

Rodgers levied the

$70,000 fine, agreed to by the lawyers .

before court began.

A two-week preliminary hearing into
the case had been set to start on Monday.
The accused decided to plead guilty last
weck, saving themselves at least
$50,000 in lawyers’ fees for the trial and
preliminary hearing.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB)
in Vancouver says that Investors Choice
Product Brokerage Ltd is also known as
Fortune in Motion Inc, World of Wealth
and Fortune Builders. The business is
not a member of the BBB.

David Kalenuik, the BBB states, has
been investigated for illegal pyramids
involving Fortune in Motion in lowa and
Wisconsin.

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