A Yukon woman who lived an “extremely lavish lifestyle” while evading personal taxes has been ordered to pay off some of what she owes and seek counseling for an alleged gambling addiction.
Yen Ngoc Tran, or Kathy Tran, 52, filed for bankruptcy last year. Audits by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) found she owed more than $1.17 million in taxes.
Yukon Supreme Court Justice Leigh Gower ruled that Tran must repay about 20 per cent of that, or $235,000.
Tran bought and sold several businesses and properties in Yukon over the last decade, including a house involved in an illegal marijuana grow-op in Whitehorse’s Copper Ridge neighbourhood, the Kluane Park Inn in Haines Junction, and the Bonanza Inn in Whitehorse.
In 2012…
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