CRA ordered to pay more than $1 million for malicious prosecution

A judge has rebuked the Canada Revenue Agency and ordered it to pay more than $1 million in damages for maliciously prosecuting a Nanaimo couple for alleged tax evasion.
In June 2008, Tony and Helen Samaroo, who operated a restaurant, a nightclub and a motel in the Vancouver Island community, were charged with 21 criminal counts of avoiding taxes.
They were accused of skimming $1.7 million from their restaurant, the MGM, between 2004 and 2005, but in April 2011, following a 19-day trial, a Provi