Our client was charged with gaining access to health information in contravention of the Health Information Act. Disclosure showed that our client’s credentials were used to access hundreds of people’s health information thousands of times over the course of a few hours on one day. Anny Wang pointed out to the Crown Prosecutor that access of this kind would not have resulted in fruitful information and that such access is likely due to an interface or network issue. Anny also pointed out to the Crown Prosecutor that proper procedure to charge our client was not followed by the police or the health authorities as the attorney general did not approve the charges. The Crown Prosecutor stayed the proceedings.

Our client entered an unlocked home late at night while the occupants were asleep and took a bag containing a laptop and some documentation. He was apprehended by police when he attempted to return the items and was charged with breaking and entering to commit theft. During resolution discussions with the Crown Prosecution Services, Anny Wang provided personal antecedents for the client, including Gladue factors, the client’s difficult and impoverished childhood, and significantly mitigating context (that the client had a mental health episode, previously resided in the home now occupied by the complainants, and returned believing that he could be safe there). The Court accepted a joint submission for the lesser and included offence of unlawfully being in a dwelling house and a 6-month Conditional Sentence Order (house arrest and curfew) and 12 months’ probation.

Our client was charged with fraud, unauthorized use of computer, mischief in relation to computer data, identity theft, possession of property obtained by crime, and failure to attend court. These allegations involved a complicated fraud scheme, with dozens of complainants across several provinces, and hundreds of thousands of dollars. Anny Wang worked to establish that our client was minimally involved in the larger scheme and accrued little benefit from his participation and negotiated a guilty plea to only possession of property obtained by crime. Our client’s potential sentence was drastically decreased from a lengthy jail sentence to a conditional sentence order with 4 months of house arrest.

Our client, who had no criminal record and a very public facing job, was charged with theft and two counts of mischief over $5,000. Anny Wang reviewed disclosure and, after initial negotiation discussions with the Crown Prosecutor, provided them with a lengthy and detailed letter about our client’s positive impact on his community, his tragic personal circumstances, and his willingness to repay the Complainants and the community. The Prosecutor accepted our client into the Alternative Measures Program, despite the value of the damages allegedly caused by our client exceeding their usual threshold. After our client completed the program, the Prosecutor agreed to withdraw the criminal charges.