Rishi Mittal had 3,032 immigration clients in a single year. His staff conducted every consultation, gave every piece of advice, and handled every file. His name was on the retainer agreements. He was functionally absent from every one of them. Forty-five complaints reached the College. Four form the basis of this decision. His licence is permanently revoked
A Law Society motions panel has done something most AI commentary in law does not: it explained the mechanism of failure, not just the symptoms. A large language model cannot verify its own output, does not know the limits of its knowledge, and does not know when it is inventing something. The costs were $31,150.
Criminal defense lawyer accepted an informal retainer where communication with a client depended entirely on third parties he could not control. When one link broke four days before trial, everything unravelled. The communication chain was the problem. The adjournment was just the symptom.
In RCDSO v. Kwong (2025 ONRCDSO 1), a Scarborough dentist was suspended for five months after admitting he falsified records by backdating patient treatment dates to maximize year-end insurance benefits. The RCDSO panel found this conduct amounted to multiple acts of professional misconduct, including falsification, false reporting, and unethical behaviour. The penalty included suspension, ethics and billing courses, 24 months of practice monitoring, and a ban on employing his spouse. The case underscores that even “helping” patients use expiring benefits is still considered falsification.
Reinstatement after a licence revocation for fraud is a legal catch-22. The Tribunal requires proof of insight and remediation, often by accepting past findings, but such admissions can be used in criminal prosecution. In Fagbemigun v. CPSO (2024 ONPSDT 30), the physician denied intentional fraud, proposed operational changes, and was denied reinstatement. This case highlights why fraud-related professional discipline matters require coordinated regulatory and criminal defence strategy to protect both your licence and your legal position.