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As the walls close in on Raj Grewal former employee implicated in widespread fraud says working for the disgraced politician might have ‘destroyed’ his career

By Joel Wittnebel
Sep 09, 2026 - Brampton, Mississauga

Facing possible excommunication by the Law Society of Ontario, lawyer Rajkiran “Robbie” Sidhu alleges in submissions to the regulatory body that Raj Grewal, his former boss at RSG Law, forced him to practice real estate law and controlled his work, leading to allegations of widespread fraud including the depositing of millions in counterfeit cheques whose proceeds were then re-routed by Sidhu before eventually landing in RSG’s trust account while Grewal was swimming in debt.

“I was overwhelmed by the circumstances in which I found Myself. I was a relatively inexperienced lawyer dealing with allegations arising from transactions in which I had believed that I was acting for legitimate clients, while at the same time confronting the possibility that my professional career could be destroyed,” Sidhu stated in a staggering sworn affidavit ahead of a Law Society Tribunal hearing on August 28, as the regulatory body sought to suspend his licence.

Sidhu’s ability to practice law was temporarily suspended pending a second hearing on September 28, as dozens of cases and lawsuits alleging brazen lawlessness against Raj Grewal and the firm he founded, RSG Law, continue to flood Ontario’s courts.

The Law Society, which is Ontario’s only governing body for the self-regulating industry, is facing mounting pressure from judges and the public to rein in Grewal and associates who worked at the Mississauga-based firm that bears his initials (Rajvinder Singh Grewal).

The LSO has alleged in proceedings seeking to suspend their ability to practice law that Grewal, Sidhu and a lawyer described by sources as Grewal’s right hand man at RSG Law, Davinder Khattra, pose a severe “risk of harm to members of the public and to the administration of justice.”

On July 10, the Law Society of Ontario brought forward a motion to suspend Grewal’s licence to practice law, stating that based on its ongoing investigations Grewal “May have misappropriated and/or misapplied trust monies or monies imposed with a trust; May have knowingly participated in, facilitated or otherwise failed to prevent dishonesty, fraud, crime or illegal conduct; May have misled; May have failed to act with honour and integrity.”

His hearing was postponed after Grewal delayed the proceedings, seeking further information about the rapidly expanding allegations against him.

Justice Sean Dunphy of the Ontario Superior Court is handling some of the cases against Raj Grewal, Khattra and RSG Law, and in a recent endorsement for one of the dozens of legal actions, he expressed his frustration with the Law Society and the judicial system in general.

“It is utterly scandalous that this court is having to deal with the request that is before me today,” he wrote in an order on August 21. “There have been numerous cases brought to this court involving Mr. Khattra, the RSG law firm and exceptionally serious and apparently meritorious allegations of flagrant mishandling or worse of trust funds in a solicitor’s trust account. The two cases that have been before me – one from April and this one from today – involve the disappearance of more than $17 million in the aggregate between January and April of this year.”

He continued.

“I am directing this endorsement to the Law Society in the hope that something may jolt them into assuming their responsibilities here to bring a rational and coordinated response to an obviously critical problem in a time frame that is not calibrated on geological time.”

Sidhu describes Raj Grewal as “my principal at RSG Law and was the firm's founder and managing lawyer.” Sidhu claims that though he wanted to practice criminal law, he was forced to do what Grewal wanted. “Mr. Grewal told me that if I did not want to learn real estate law, I could ‘go stand in the unemployment line’.” It took him about one month to establish his own trust account, which comes with unique credit conditions that banks only risk under strict qualifications and commitments by lawyers to obey laws around sensitive monetary transactions.

Former Brampton MP Raj Grewal is facing mounting legal actions over allegations of fraud connected to RSG Law, the firm he founded.

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Sidhu describes in his affidavit being under “considerable pressure from Mr. Grewal and Mr. Khattra to move forward quickly” with the establishment of his real estate practice, detailing unusual control including the requirement to share his passwords and signing authority on sensitive documents, justifying this as the monitoring of his work during the training process.

In a supporting submission to the LSO on July 29, in response to the notice to suspend his licence, Sidhu’s lawyer in the matter alleges, “Mr. Khattra effectively used him as a conduit for himself once he started practicing. If Mr. Sidhu did attempt to do any work on a file, Mr. Khattra would step in and take over… Mr. Khattra also had the passwords for Mr. Sidhu’s firm e-mail, online banking, and Docusign account.”

Sidhu’s lawyer, Gabriel Gross-Stein, details in a letter to the LSO responding to the complaints against his client, Sidhu’s disturbing description of working for the former Liberal politician.

“Mr. Grewal controlled RSG Law with an autocratic style of leadership, resulting in a high-pressure, often hostile work environment. Mr. Grewal would often subject Mr. Sidhu to verbal abuse, frequently lashing out at him over minor mistakes, and once threw a large textbook at him during his articles. It was not an environment where Mr. Sidhu could ask questions without risking being ridiculed. Mr. Grewal regularly threatened Mr. Sidhu’s employment if he did not do exactly what was directed. For Mr. Sidhu, a first-generation lawyer with a significant amount of student debt, the prospect of losing his job was terrifying. He took these threats very seriously.”

Simon Bieber, Grewal’s lawyer, responded to Sidhu’s allegations: “Mr. Grewal denies that the statements made about him by Mr. Sidhu are true.”

The Pointer sent questions to Sidhu, Khattra and their lawyers; no responses were received.

Sidhu’s lawyer provided more from his client, in the letter to the LSO.

“Mr. Sidhu also knew that Mr. Grewal had significant influence and power in their community, having previously served as a Member of Parliament for Brampton East from 2015-2019. Mr. Grewal was invited to and frequented community events due to his previous role in politics. As Mr. Sidhu progressed in his career with RSG Law, he was expected to, and did, attend many of these events alongside Mr. Grewal and other representatives of the firm. Mr. Grewal indicated that Mr. Sidhu’s attendance at these events was mandatory, in order to promote RSG Law.”

Rajkiran “Robbie” Sidhu (second from right) at the opening of MARS Law in July.

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One of the key cases both RSG Law and Sidhu are facing in Superior Court, which is also the subject of a complaint to the Law Society, involves more than $6 million of fake cheques deposited into Sidhu’s own legal trust account with Scotiabank, after he was pressured by Grewal to establish his real estate practice.

While simultaneously taking action through Ontario’s Superior Court, Scotiabank’s lawyer filed a complaint to the LSO.

“On April 29, 2026, a lawyer named Lauren Posloski filed a complaint about the Lawyer (Sidhu), alleging that the Lawyer deposited counterfeit cheques into his trust account and distributed the funds by wire transfers to various accounts. Ms. Posloski is the assistant general counsel for Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP ("Blakes"). Blakes is legal counsel to the Bank of Nova Scotia ("BNS"), which is the plaintiff in a Commercial List proceeding that names RS Law (Sidhu’s former real estate practice while he worked for RSG), RSG Law and several other parties as defendants.”

The majority of the fraudulent funds were eventually transferred to the trust account of RSG Law, as the firm, other companies controlled by Raj Grewal and Grewal himself were facing tens of millions of dollars in debts related to real estate and mortgage transactions.

In one of four investigations the LSO launched involving Sidhu since the spring, evidence showed he deposited three cheques totalling $6.095 million into his own trust account at Scotiabank on April 14.

A separate case that implicates RSG Law, includes evidence that on the same day, April 14, $6.65 million from fraudulent cheques was deposited by Brampton lawyer Rajinder Johal, into his trust account. Johal is Raj Grewal's brother-in-law, and according to court documents some of the illicit funds he deposited might have ended up in RSG Law's trust account.

During the hearing on August 28, the LSO’s lawyer, Megan Phyper, alleged, according to evidence unearthed through the LSO’s investigation, that Sidhu “has participated in or facilitated a fraud on BNS, the Bank of Nova Scotia, by depositing counterfeit cheques.”

She continued.

“The lawyer distributed $5.3 million dollars approximately with a significant portion of the funds going to another law firm’s trust account, a law firm that he previously worked at, named RSG Law.”

Sidhu claims a man named Parminder Singh came to him with a real estate matter regarding a property the man sold in India, and loans he wanted to pay off with the proceeds. Sidhu says he met face to face with the man on April 10 and less than a week later he was given one cheque from Singh himself with his name and two drawn from numbered companies Singh owned.

Investigators working with Scotiabank have not been able to confirm if Parminder Singh exists but they did confirm that the two numbered companies never existed.

After depositing the fake cheques into his trust account on April 14, Sidhu says he transferred $5.3 million to entities Singh instructed him to send money to, including one numbered company that uses the same address as RSG Law where he worked and lists a man employed by Raj Grewal’s development company, RSG Group, as its director. Sidhu has not explained why he sent some of the money from the fraudulent cheques to a numbered company apparently controlled by a man who worked for Raj Grewal, with the same address as the firm he used to work for.

In total, of the fraudulent proceeds, the LSO in its factum provides evidence from its investigation that shows “approximately $3.4 million of the funds appear to have been routed from RS Law (Sidhu’s practice) to the RSG Law (the firm founded by Raj Grewal) trust account. The funds were disbursed from the RSG Law trust account to various bank accounts.”

Scotiabank has not been able to retrieve more than $3.6 million of the fraudulent proceeds, including the illicit funds shifted to RSG, before the firm moved the illegal money once again to other entities.

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The LSO states in its factum that the three original fraudulent cheques were purportedly drawn on accounts at Toronto Dominion Bank. “On April 15, 2026, BNS contacted TD and learned that the cheques were counterfeit.”

Sidhu claims he was unaware of what is now obvious to him, but has failed to explain how he did not know that he sent some of the fraudulent funds to a company with the same address as RSG Law, controlled by a man who worked for Raj Grewal at the time.

“At the time, I believed that the cheques were legitimate, that the companies were real, and that Mr. Singh controlled both numbered companies (from where two of the original counterfeit cheques were drawn),” Sidhu wrote in a submission he sent himself to the LSO on June 18.

“At the time, I believed that I had received legitimate funds from the client in relation to his loan repayments and that the wire payments from those funds were also for legitimate purposes. I was not aware of any fraudulent activity.”

Sidhu claims he learned shortly after that “when Scotiabank took steps to clear the cheques, they discovered that TD Bank had no record of the cheques and that the two numbered companies do not appear to exist.”

Scotiabank took steps to freeze Sidhu’s trust account which as of June was overdrawn by about $2.4 million, while the LSO moved to suspend him.

“After I was alerted to these issues, I attempted to contact Mr. Singh but have not received any communications from him,” Sidhu claims in his submission.

“I was also terrified,” he swore in his affidavit to the LSO. “I understood that the Law Society's investigation could result in the loss of my licence to practise law. I had only been called to the Bar in 2023 and was still in the early years of my career. I had invested my education, my time and my livelihood in becoming a lawyer. I was deeply frightened by what was happening and did not know how to deal with the various demands being made of me,” he claimed, explaining why he failed to respond by the LSO’s deadlines for information earlier this summer.

In another matter being investigated by the LSO, involving a property on Kerr Street in Oakville and allegedly fraudulent mortgage changes, Sidhu claims that “he remained unaware of any of the substantive details of the transaction” even though it was his file and he was acting on behalf of the borrower.

In his submission to the LSO Sidhu claims Raj Grewal dictated what Sidhu was directed to do regarding the financing changes for the Oakville property, and that actions were “not based on Mr. Sidhu’s personal knowledge of the file,” which Grewal controlled.

Sidhu claims he had no idea Grewal was secretly manipulating information about the transactions that the original lenders sought clarification on.

“Indeed, Mr. Sidhu was merely conveying secondhand information, which he had received from Mr. Grewal… Mr. Grewal did not provide any background information on the matter, and Mr. Sidhu did not inquire. He simply followed the direction of Mr. Grewal, as he always did.”

Shockingly, the property was owned by Grewal’s father, Avtar Grewal, and Raj Grewal was the guarantor for the mortgage loan. Sidhu claims that despite Raj Grewal directing his actions behind the scenes, he did not know Grewal was personally involved with the property. That means Raj Grewal was directly controlling the legal representation, financing documents and mortgage changes for a property his father owned, and that he had provided a guarantee for, on the original mortgage loan, which the original lenders were apparently unaware of.

Sidhu claims in the matters being investigated by the LSO, he was merely carrying out directions from Grewal and Khattra.

“I recognize that I made serious mistakes in the early stages of my practice,” he swore in his affidavit. “I regret the trust that I placed in Mr. Grewal and Mr. Khattra and the extent to which I allowed myself to rely upon their direction rather than exercising my own independent professional judgment.

I also deeply regret the consequences of the Singh transactions,” he added, regarding the fraudulent cheques.

His lawyer elaborated in the earlier submission to the LSO.

“Mr. Sidhu recognizes that acquiescing to Mr. Grewal and Mr. Khattra’s demands and allowing them to use him to make representations in these transactions was not in accordance with his individual professional responsibilities. He regrets his association with and the trust he placed in Mr. Grewal and Mr. Khattra.”

During the August 28 LSO hearing, Megan Phyper, the lawyer representing the Law Society, pushed back against some of Sidhu’s claims.

“Even if the lawyer did not knowingly assist in the fraud there’s evidence that the lawyer facilitated this fraudulent scheme through carelessness, inattention, or neglect.”

She said Sidhu did not appear to take obvious steps to verify the identity of Mr. Singh before accepting more than $6 million in fake cheques, and he failed to verify the existence of the numbered corporations two of those counterfeit cheques were written from, a process that takes minutes.

She said he essentially admitted to “blindly” following Grewal and Khattra.

“The lawyer (Sidhu) blames two other lawyers at RSG Law for his conduct and claims that they directed his actions, and the Law Society’s position is that lawyers cannot abdicate responsibility for their practice.”

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