Lower Mainland Liberal MP denies involvement in money laundering transaction
Posted June 11, 2019 4:37 pm.
Last Updated June 11, 2019 4:41 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A Lower Mainland Liberal MP is denying he had any involvement in a transaction done through his law firm which may have been used to launder the money of an alleged Chinese drug lord.
The transaction was made through Steveston-Richmond East MP Joe Peschisolido’s law firm in 2011, according to a report.
On Parliament Hill on Tuesday, Peschisolido distanced himself from the other lawyers in the firm.
“In effect each lawyer ran their own law firm,” he said. “They had access to staff there, they had access to office space, but they had their own firms. I had no oversight on their files.”
He said he’s been drawn into the affair because his name is connected to the now-defunct firm.
“If it was called ABC Law Firm, it’s the same thing. Peschisolido and Associates is an amalgam. It could have been ABC Law Firm. If it was ABC Law Firm you wouldn’t be asking me these questions. I wasn’t involved in the transaction at all.”
