I started the movie script for a Michael Ritter scandal made-for-TV-movie last night. I’m thinking of casting Christopher Walken in the lead role. You can’t make this stuff up! ‘Everything I had known for five or six years wasn’t true’ Charles Rusnell, The Edmonton JournalPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 EDMONTON – Prominent Edmonton businessman Michael […]
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SERIOUSLY FOLKS! THIS STORY JUST GETS JUICIER AND JUICIER!!! Ex-Alta. official faked law degreeLegislature lawyer did not graduate, court toldCharles Rusnell, The Edmonton JournalPublished: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 EDMONTON – Michael Ritter, Alberta’s former chief parliamentary counsel, fabricated aspects of his academic credentials and never graduated from the law program at a London, England, university […]
Click here for the complete Michael Ritter Scandal Chronology. Yes, that’s right, just in time for Christmas, we bring you an update on our good friend, the former Chief Legal Consel to the Alberta Legislature, Mr. Michael Ritter and his adventures in international money laundering (for backstory see here, here, here, here, and here). It […]
From Thursday…. Michael Ritter will stay in jail, Court of Queen’s Bench rulesThursday, September 29, 2005 Michael Ritter will be staying in the Edmonton Remand Centre until his case goes to trial, a judge has ruled. “The court denies Mr. Ritter’s request for review of bail,” Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Joanne Veit wrote in […]
Click here for the complete Michael Ritter Scandal Chronology… The Michael Ritter trial in Edmonton just keeps on getting more and more saucy. For those of you interested, the “Reasons for Decision of the Honourable Assistant Chief Judge A. H. Lefever“, have been published on the Alberta Courts website. It details the reasons why the […]
Not Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench. For anyone interested (following up from an earlier post), Edmonton’s own Mr. Michael Ritter, the former Chief Parliamentary Counsel to the Alberta Legislature, has been making headlines across the world! Well… Albertans do have that “entrepreneurial spirit…” Edmonton Sun: Ritter fighting to stay at home.Bloomberg: Canadian Charged with $43 […]
Money stolen from Merrill Lynch: $43 Million. Money stolen or unlawfully possed and hidden in offshore bank accounts: $10.3 Million. Money stolen through fraud in a US pyramid scheme: $230 Million. Being denied bail AND facing extradition charges to the United States: Priceless. Because, when Visa isn’t enough, there’s always theft, fraud, and money laundering. […]
This weekend, Canada’s only creative non-fiction festival, LitFest: Edmonton International Literary Festival, was held in Edmonton. Over the past year, I have had the great opportunity of working with a group of talented local writers in organizing this festival as a member of the Litfest Programming Committee. This year’s festival was dedicated to the memory of local […]
And no, I don’t mean Ed Stelmach or Snidely Whiplash, I’m talking about Michael Ritter. Tonight, Episode 12: The Man Without a Conscience of the documentary series “Very Bad Men” airs tonight at 10pm Alberta time on Global TV. If you’re not familiar with the story, former Edmonton “lawyer,” Chief Parliamentary Consel to the Alberta […]
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Ritter to learn fate on passport charge Edmonton businessman Michael Ritter may find out today if he is guilty of breaching a court-ordered recognizance barring him from obtaining another passport while awaiting trial on international fraud charges. Ritter, the former chief parliamentary counsel at the Alberta legislature, is accused of trying to change his name […]
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clear as mud.
This one really slipped by me, and obviously the newspapers, too…. The “background” section of this ruling has a decent history of the confusing path of Michael Ritter‘s extradition proceedings. In short, in October 2003, Ritter was arrested under a “provisional arrest warrant” which is a procedure allowable under the Extradition Act. In granting bail, […]
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summertime in belize.
Looks like our favorite former-Chief Parliamentary Counsel of the Alberta Legislature is still having fun… Bail breach trial hears false passport chargeEdmonton JournalPublished: Monday, April 24, 2006 Former Alberta chief parliamentary counsel Michael Ritter went on trial today for breaching his bail conditions by applying for a passport under a false name. He is accused […]
Another Michael Ritter connection from Bloomberg.com… Ex-Merrill Trader Gordon Gets 42 Months for Stealing $43 Mln Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) — Daniel Gordon, once the top energy trader at Merrill Lynch & Co., was sentenced to 42 months in prison for embezzling $43 million from the firm. Gordon, 29, pleaded guilty in 2003 to federal charges […]