He’s back. Former Legal Counsel to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Michael Ritter has been released from prison after serving 18 months of a 10 year sentence at a minimum security prison in Grande Cache, Alberta. Three years ago, Ritter pleaded guilty to stealing $10.5 million from one client (who had stolen $43 million from […]
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ritter loses appeal.
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Michael Ritter… from today’s Edmonton Journal… RITTER LOSES APPEAL OF BAIL BREACH CONVICTION EDMONTON – Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter has lost an appeal to have his conviction dismissed for breaching bail by applying for a Belizean passport under a false name. The 50-year-old former chief legal adviser […]
The real story of the Michael Ritter scandal will finally be told on in a TV documentary. A documentary team has put together a 1 hour episode on Ritter and will be airing November 28th. The documentary team culled through all of the court documents, did their own independent research and invited everyone who was […]
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michael ritter gets ten.
This speaks for itself. Michael Ritter has be sentenced… RITTER GETS 10 YEARSBy TONY BLAIS, COURT BUREAU Disgraced Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter admitted full responsibility for his multimillion-dollar crimes in a farewell speech en route to prison yesterday. Ritter, 49, was handed a 10-year sentence by provincial court Judge Elizabeth Johnson, who accepted a joint […]
The Edmonton Journal has a good run-down of Michael Ritter‘s background here titled “A free fall from grace.” Interestingly, the article includes a brief list of where some of Ritter’s stolen money went… TRACKING THE MONEYMichael Ritter stole $10.5 million US from Wall Street energy trader Dan Gordon, some of which he admits giving to […]
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ritter pleads guilty.
Michael Ritter has pleaded guilty… Edmonton businessman pleads guilty to stealing $10.5 millionCharles Rusnell, Edmonton JournalPublished: Friday, October 27, 2006High-profile Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter has pleaded guilty to stealing US $10.5 million and perpetuating a massive fraud scheme in the United States. Crown and defence lawyers recommended a sentence of 10 years in prison. Judge […]
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one week left for ritter.
As I mentioned in my previous post, it seems like it’s been a while since we’ve all heard from our good friend Michael Ritter. But as I was pleased to discover this morning, Michael Ritter is today gracing the pages of the Edmonton Sun… Accused multi-million dollar fraudster to learn fate nextweek By TONY BLAIS, […]
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ritter gets six.
It’s getting to the point where I should really think about renaming daveberta to ritterberta or something like that… From the front page of today’s Edmonton Journal… Ponzi suspect plotted escapeJudge: Ex-Alta. official jailed for hiding passportCharles Rusnell EDMONTON – Michael Ritter, Alberta’s former chief parliamentary counsel, was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday […]
Michael Ritter has been found guity of breaching a court-ordered recognizance that barred him from obtaining a passport while awaiting trial on charges of international fraud… from the Edmonton Journal… The judge in the case ruled today he knowingly tried to obtain a passport to leave Canada to avoid prosecution on a string of fraud […]
More movement on the Michael Ritter front as Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Joanne Veit wrote in her decision of last week that the court should not routinely interfere with a ministerial order to allow extradition proceedings to go ahead. The best quote from Madame Justice Veit’s decision can be found in Paragraph 5 of […]
This June 19 Provincial Court of Alberta decision managed to slip by me. As some of you know, the Provincial Court deals with most criminal matters, leaving things like fraud and extradition to the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta. In this case, former Parliamentary Counsel for the Alberta Legislature Michael Ritter asked the Provincial […]
I’m clearly behind in my Michael Ritter relate posts…. here is a story from the Edmonton Journal on July 1st… Ritter didn’t breach court order: lawyerCharles Rusnell, Journal Staff WriterPublished: Saturday, July 01, 2006 EDMONTON – Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter made no serious attempt to hide the fact that he changed his name and obtained […]
This blog has seems to have become a one-stop-shop for information dealing with former Edmonton “lawyer,” Chief Consel to the Alberta Legislative Assembly, business owner, philanthropist, and international man of financial skullduggery Michael Ritter. For the information of all daveberta readers and interested suspects, here is a chronology of all Michael Ritter related posts on […]
From the Western Standard… The mandarin, the mogul and the missing millions Kevin Steel – June 19, 2006= He went from the legislature to a high life of private jets and caviar parties. They feted him as a brilliant lawyer and philanthropist. Only when the cops came looking for millions in laundered, stolen cash, did […]
I couldn’t find an interweb link for this story, but this story was in today’s Edmonton Journal: Lawyer admits signing Ritter’s name change and passport papersEdmontonian charged with laundering $43 million US Charles RusnellThe Edmonton JournalTuesday, June 20, 2006 EDMONTON – While Michael Ritter was under a court order not to apply for another passport, […]