Punjab Police's cyber unit has filed a formal complaint naming 35 social media accounts — operated by journalists and immigration consultants based in both Canada and Punjab — over content published on platforms such as YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook that authorities say was unverified and directed at a Mohali-based immigration consultant who also operates educational institutions and holds property interests in Mohali and New Chandigarh.
Lodged at the Cyber Crime police station in Sector 79, SAS Nagar, the complaint — bearing the date 13 October 2026 — invokes Section 356(2) of the BNS alongside Section 66 of the IT Act. According to the first information report, Paras Sharma — a lawyer acting on behalf of GB Realty Group, whose office occupies the sixth floor of Plot No. 19 on IT City Road, Sector 83, JLPL Industrial Area, SAS Nagar, Punjab — declared that he held authorised legal representation for the company.
Property ventures across Punjab's territory form part of this group's active development portfolio. A developer has announced plans to introduce branded residences — described as a first for Punjab — across two sites, one at Airport Road in Mohali and another in New Chandigarh, on land acquired through GMADA.
Posts attributed to unidentified individuals appeared on social media within the past several days, connecting the group's managing director and the broader organisation to alleged fraudulent activity in Canada — claims the company characterises as without factual foundation and damaging to its reputation. The claim has not been substantiated by any evidence put forward.
The complainant's FIR includes hyperlinks tracing the material to posts, videos, and comments circulated across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and related platforms, with a formal request submitted for that content to be taken down and access to it blocked.
A preliminary audit pointing to possible widespread irregularities in the funding programme prompted the Ontario government to hand the matter of student financial assistance at private career colleges over to the Ontario Provincial Police for further review. Nolan Quinn, Ontario's Minister of Colleges and Universities, pointed to a build-up of questions around how the Ontario Student Assistance Programme was being administered as the reason behind a set of focused inspections the province had put in motion — though his public remarks named neither specific people nor particular institutions.
Preliminary findings from the KPMG review pointed to several areas of concern: shared ownership arrangements, connections between privately operated career colleges and immigration recruitment agencies, gaps in how student identities were being verified, and an unusual clustering of OSAP applications traced back to a narrow set of postal areas. Two notifications went out from the province — one directing the OPP to review the matter, another reaching the Auditor General.
As of now, prosecutors have yet to file any formal charges. Funding data drawn from earlier reports shows that roughly USD 385 million in OSAP grants flowed to seven career colleges over the course of the 2024-25 academic year.
