Trigger Wholesale Inc., The En Carde Group Inc., Mark Gdak, Jaimee Lynn Gdak and Jaimak Real Properties Inc.

Trigger Wholesale Inc., The En Carde Group Inc., Mark Gdak, Jaimee Lynn Gdak and Jaimak Real Properties Inc. were placed into receivership on October 22, 2020, on application by ClearFlow Commercial Finance, owed approximately $48.6 million. Trigger is a Waterloo, Ontario-based firearms and ammunition wholesaler. The application was precipitated by allegations of a long-standing, organized pattern of fraud on the part of Trigger and Mark Gdak that recently came to the attention of ClearFlow. The alleged fraud consisted of, among other things, allegations of hundreds of falsified invoices as evidence of accounts receivable that did not exist, falsified purchase orders, a forged transfer of real property, fake email addresses of executives at Canadian Tire and Home Hardware, verbal and email impersonations of executives employed by Canadian Tire and Home Hardware, and forged cheques made to look like payments by Canadian Tire and Home Hardware to Trigger for the alleged purchase of firearms. ClearFlow is not aware of the extent of its loss but estimates that it is in the millions and possibly tens of millions of dollars. Grant Thornton was appointed receiver. Counsel is BLG for the receiver, Torkin Manes for the applicant and Lerners for the debtors.