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  "id": 12284087,
  "title": "A Toronto law firm collapsed with millions missing. Now its co-founder is on trial for fraud",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/a-toronto-law-firm-collapsed-with-millions-missing-now-its-co-founder-12284087",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T01:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-9.7370260"
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  "summary": "A Toronto lawyer who co-founded a law firm with his wife that collapsed in a spectacular flameout three years ago, when millions of dollars of client money was discovered missing from the firm's trust account, is on trial on a charge of fraud stemming from the police investigation into the case.",
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        "outlet": "CBC Canada",
        "title": "A Toronto law firm collapsed with millions missing. Now its co-founder is on trial for fraud",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/a-toronto-law-firm-collapsed-with-millions-missing-now-its-co-founder",
        "published": "2026-10-06T01:55:00.000Z"
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