Vincent Boutin settles Site visitors Monsoon fraud for undisclosed sum


Vincent Boutin has settled his Site visitors Monsoon clawback case with the Receivership.

Boutin, a Canadian nationwide, didn’t make an look in clawback proceedings initiated in 2019.

The Receiver’s investigations revealed that Mr. Boutin joined Site visitors Monsoon on or about November 1, 2014 and remained energetic till round July 25, 2016.

Throughout that point, Mr. Boutin obtained web winnings of $761,541.86 from Site visitors Monsoon, making him one of many Web Winners.

This resulted in an eventual $945,693 default judgment in November 2021.

In December 2022, the Receivership “filed an introductory demand within the Superior Courtroom of Quebec within the District of Arthabaska”, in search of “recognition and enforcement of the Judgment”.

This prompted Boutin to enter settlement negotiations with the Receivership.

On October ninth the Site visitors Monsoon Receiver filed a movement requesting settlement of proceedings towards Boutin.

Mr. Boutin claimed he lacked enough belongings to fulfill the Judgment and offered verified monetary statements to assist his declare that he was now not in possession of the fictional earnings he obtained from Site visitors Monsoon.

On August 31, 2023, Mr. Boutin offered related monetary information to the Receiver disclosing his present and previous monetary state of affairs and signed an affidavit (the “Affidavit”) verifying the accuracy of the monetary information.

Pursuant to the Affidavit, the offered monetary information, and communications with Mr. Boutin’s counsel, the Receiver decided that Mr. Boutin lacks enough belongings to fulfill the Judgment.

Based mostly on the monetary information submitted with Mr. Boutin’s Affidavit and the communications with Mr. Boutin’s counsel, the Judgment renders Mr. Boutin bancrupt and if the Canadian Enforcement Motion was to proceed, Mr. Boutin would doubtless start chapter proceedings.

A settlement was nonetheless reached on September thirteenth, 2023, whereby Boutin agreed to pay again an undisclosed sum to the Receivership.

Sadly Boutin’s monetary information and the settlement quantity are filed below seal…

As set forth within the Settlement Settlement, the events conform to preserve sure contents of the Settlement Settlement confidential.

…which means we don’t know the way a lot was finally clawed again.

The court docket authorised Boutin’s Site visitors Monsoon Ponzi settlement on October twentieth, bringing clawback proceedings towards him to an finish.