Pigeon King escalated to ‘criminal investigation’
Police still gathering evidence more than a year after pigeon breeding scheme collapses
Photo: The former Pigeon King International was headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
Police still gathering evidence more than a year after pigeon breeding scheme collapses
Photo: The former Pigeon King International was headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario.
Illinois fears bankrupt Pigeon King International could rise from the dead
Photo: Arlan Galbraith
Breeders upset as delay pushes court date into autumn
May is earliest possible court date for lawsuit against Arlan Galbraith
Police ramp up an investigation into fraud allegations concerning a failed Waterloo, Ontario-based pigeon breeding scheme and its founder.
Creditors of Pigeon King International comment on the company’s founder’s efforts to resist personal bankruptcy.
Reposted Wednesday Dec. 17, 2008
How, and if, the founder of a failed pigeon breeding scheme promoted his company’s incorporation to business associates may well hold the key to his defense against personal bankruptcy.
© Copyright AgMedia Inc At a hearing lasting less than five minutes Waterloo lawyer Steven Gadbois appeared before Insolvency Deputy Registrar Robert Stevens in London Superior court today to request time to consider the personal bankruptcy application brought against his client, Arlan Francis Galbraith, by BDO Dunwoody, bankruptcy trustee for Pigeon King International, the company Galbraith founded.
Updated 6:43 p.m. Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008
During five tumultuous weeks following the Pigeon King International bankruptcy last June, a team of workers euthanized 175,000 pigeons in 13 holding barns across the province. The cost, borne by the province's taxpayers and funnelled through the Ontario Farm Animal Council: nearly $90,000.
Clarification added Nov. 24, 2008
Updated with attachement Nov. 28, 2008
They can enter his property, seize his money, house, or automobile and even redirect his mail. The court order appointing BDO Dunwoody Limited as interim receiver of Arlan Galbraith’s personal assets will likely even pit them against Canada Revenue agents who last week showed up at the office of the solicitor handling the sale of the former pigeon king’s Waterloo home and scooped up the proceeds.