OSC v. Nova Tech Ltd. and Cynthia Petion (ponzi schemes, 2023)

Judgment entered

Machine-extracted, pending human review. The structured fields on this page were parsed automatically from the regulator's own release, linked below. Read the primary document before relying on any figure here, and tell us if something is wrong.

In 2023, the regulator obtained a judgment against Nova Tech Ltd. and Cynthia Petion, alleging conduct this library classifies as ponzi schemes. The release does not state a monetary figure that we were able to extract.

The record

What was ordered

Civil penalty

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Disgorgement

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Prejudgment interest

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Total relief

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Alleged gain

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A dash means the release did not state a figure we could extract, not that the figure is zero. Penalty and disgorgement are stored separately so aggregates across the library do not double-count the same dollars.

What is alleged to have happened

the regulator announced this matter on August 25, 2023 as release 2023-20. The respondents named are Nova Tech Ltd. and Cynthia Petion (1 individual, 1 entity). The action was brought in the Capital Markets Tribunal (Ontario).

This library tags the matter as ponzi schemes, based on the conduct the regulator describes. Each tag links to a page explaining how that technique works, what statute it engages, and what penalties comparable actions have attracted. The tagging is ours, not the regulator's: agencies charge statutory provisions, not technique names.

The conduct is recorded against crypto and fx.

For the regulator's own account of the facts, read the primary document linked above. This page deliberately summarises the structured record rather than reproducing the release.

What technique is this, and how does it work?

This action is tagged with one technique in our taxonomy. The tagging is ours: regulators charge statutory provisions, not technique names, so the mapping is an editorial judgement described in our editorial policy.

• Ponzi schemes — see how it works, what statute it engages, and every other action tagged the same way.

Timeline

1. 2023-08-24 Statement of Allegations
2. 2023-08-25 Notice of Hearing
3. 2023-09-28 Reasons and Decision
4. 2023-11-09 Other
5. 2023-11-30 Reasons and Decision
6. 2023-12-22 Reasons and Decision
7. 2024-01-09 Reasons and Decision
8. 2024-07-19 Reasons and Decision
9. 2024-08-12 Reasons and Decision
10. 2024-12-03 Reasons and Decision
11. 2024-12-03 Reasons and Decision

Primary documents

Everything on this page derives from the documents below. Where our summary and the primary document disagree, the primary document is right.

• Tribunal proceeding
• Statement of Allegations
• Notice of Hearing
• Reasons and Decision
• Other
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision
• Reasons and Decision

The linked release is published by the issuing regulator under its own terms. Our summary and narrative above are our own writing.

Related actions

Other actions in the library sharing at least one technique tag with this one.

Record added September 9, 2026. submit a correction.