Man charged in alleged $7.8M Ponzi scheme drowns in B.C. before Edmonton fraud trial

Curtis Quigley and his former common-law spouse were jointly charged last summer with 80 counts of fraud over $5,000. Edmonton police alleged that the $7.8-million scheme was ongoing for 12 years, with hundreds of victims in Alberta, B.C., the U.S. and Australia. Quigley, 56, drowned in the Okanagan River in June.