New Brunswick’s former Deputy Minister of Justice has been accused of stealing more than 740,000 from clients of his private law practice. The Law Society of New Brunswick alleges Yassin Choukri misappropriated funds from 10 clients between 2010 and 2016. Incidents include reaching a 150,000-dollar insurance claim settlement on behalf a woman over a car accident – and a 250,000-dollar settlement on behalf of a company who suffered loses in a Bathurst fire. In both those cases Choukri’s clients never received the settlement money. Choukri was once a law partner in former premier Bernard Lord’s law firm and served as Deputy Minister of Justice during Lord’s time in office between 2003 and 2006.
Category: Sussex
Gun Pointed Through Window in Saint-Anne-de-Kent
RCMP say a man opened a sliding window of a home in Saint Anne de Kent on Friday morning and pointed a gun at someone inside. Police say the incident happened around 10:30 am on Chemin Saint-Pierre. Police believe the man may have been familiar with the property but they don’t belie the suspect and the victim were known to each other. After a brief conversation the man with the gun is thought to have left the area in a vehicle. The suspect is described as an English speaking Caucasian man wearing a plaid short sleeved short and sunglasses.