Class-action lawsuit against defunct Calgary auto consigner will go ahead

Lawyers looking to file a multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit against a fraudulent auto consignment dealer have been given the green light by a Calgary judge. In the decision released on Friday, the $5 million claim filed by the victims of TREADZ Auto Group will go ahead. TREADZ shut down in 2014 and its owner, Sean O'Brien was sentenced to three years in jail and slapped with a restitution order in 2018 after it was found he had defrauded clients out of more than $2 million. The court hea