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cape, bright orange neck scarf and army combat hat
that he wore to his weekly bible study class as he enters
the lobby of his office…he shows me into his simple,
chaotic little office sporting an ominously large calcu-
lator in the middle of the desk. Soothing tones of
Mozart play in the background…Kofi is his own per-
sonal tornado, crammed full of ideas unleashing ener-
gy and creativity at every opportunity he encounters.
Cosmic art throughout his offices reflect both his spir-
ituality and the infinite nature of his dreams.
Hadjor’s clients were willing to tolerate the quirky, self-oriented
behaviour as long as he delivered on his promises. He promised to do
their taxes. Any tax owing would be sent by cheque to Hadjor, who
would then send it on to Revenue Canada. Clients never had to lift a
finger, except to write a few cheques, payable to Kofi Hadjor. He took
care of everything.
Soon Hadjor was offering to give his clients a 20 percent return on
their money. They went for it. The process was as unusual as he was.
The clients would loan money to Hadjor, then he would pay it back
later, plus 20 percent. The clients never knew where the money was
being invested. One client told me she thought she was investing in
the fashion business. For a while, the big dividends paid off and every-
body was happy.
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Getting What You Deserve
But then Hadjor’s merry little money train ran off the track. His
clients’ cash disappeared. Hadjor became scarce as his “dividend”
cheques to his clients started bouncing all over town.
Hadjor blamed the bank. He blamed his employees. It was never
his fault. There were never any apologies. The money would come
back someday, maybe. Makeup artist Janice Shantz remembers once
when she corralled Hadjor on the telephone. He told her he had to go,
The Young and the Restless was on.
About a dozen clients, representing a larger group of showbiz types
who had lost about $670,000, went to the Fraud Squad at Toronto
Police Services. The cops said they were too busy. Besides, the alleged
fraud was less than a million and the Fraud Squad, they were told, did-
n’t really handle that kind of small stuff. The cops suggested they hire
a private investigator to get the goods on Hadjor.
Enter Brian J. Patterson, a Certified Fraud Examiner. He got the
goods. One of the first things Patterson discovered was that many of
Hadjor’s clients were in trouble with Revenue Canada. Hadjor hadn’t
filed income tax returns for some clients. Other clients had sent
income tax payments to Hadjor, made out to Hadjor, on the under-
standing Hadjor would forward the money to Ottawa. It never hap-
pened. Other clients had income tax refunds coming, but since Hadjor
had managed to reroute all Revenue Canada mail to the Palacio de
Cristo, the cheques were deposited in Hadjor’s bank account.
The personal losses for Hadjor’s clients were devastating. They had
worked hard to set aside savings in a cruel business, where one day
you’re hot and the next you’re not, and given it to Hadjor for safe-
keeping and wealth accumulation. Many of the clients had their life’s
savings wiped out; others took major hits.
Movie set decorator John Rose lost $150,000. To add injury to
injury, Hadjor had not filed an income tax return for Rose, so he was
in trouble with the Feds on top of everything else. An unnamed
producer, who had not yet told her mother what happened, lost
$120,000. Cinematographer Simon Mestel lost $40,000. Set design-
er Ian Brock said goodbye to $35,000. Janice Shantz initially lost
$20,000. She managed to get half that money back — one of the
very few who got anything back from Hadjor — but she spent the
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Bring to a Boil
$10,000 hiring her own forensic accountant and then later putting
money into the pot to hire Patterson.
Patterson attacked his assignment with great zeal, working day and
night in a paper chase for documents and hard facts. At Goldhawk
Fights Back, we were conducting our own investigation: interviewing
victims, gathering evidence, and preparing to confront Hadjor once we
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