Lawsuit alleges millions stolen from Six Nations entrepreneur

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A Waterdown businessperson has “violently” denounced accusations of stealing millions of dollars from business partners to fund a lavish lifestyle and open a chain of discount gas stations in Ontario’s Indigenous sanctuary. ” Denied.

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Glenn Page is the latest in a lawsuit from two brothers, Miles and Scott Hill, who run Six Nations-based Original Traders Energy (OTE), a company that imports, blends and transports fuel products to gas stations in Ontario. It is targeted.

The Hill brothers accused Paige, the former president of OTE, from breach of contract, theft, fraud, negligence, and what Hill’s alleging statements describe as a “conspiracy” to divert funds from OTE to build the gas. is suing for “unjust enrichment” of Station branded as Gen7 Fuel.

None of the allegations have been verified in court.

The complaint, filed in October in the Ontario Superior Court, states that “Defendant improperly interfered in Plaintiff’s business in order to profit, harm Plaintiff, and cover up the aforementioned unlawful acts.” It is written.

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“Their many illegal acts … were deliberate, premeditated, concealed and coordinated as an illegal conspiracy between all the defendants.”

In a phone interview with The Hamilton Spectator, Glenn Page called the claim “absolutely, 100 percent wrong.”

“It will all be presented to the defense and it will be very clear that the allegations are completely baseless and baseless,” Paige said.

The lawsuit accuses Glenn Page of being Miles Hill’s “right-hand man”, with one-fourth ownership of OTE until his resignation as president in July 2022, and with “complete management control and control over OTE’s transactions.” He explains that he is doing operational management.

According to the bill, the Hill brothers retained 52% ownership and maintained OTE as an Indigenous-led business serving gas stations in First Nations communities, but were not involved in day-to-day operations. I did. Within five years of its founding in 2017, OTE has opened several large-scale fuel blending facilities on indigenous reserves, importing fuel from the United States to meet growing demand, and plans to expand by 2022. In 2015, average fuel sales volume reached 2 million liters per day.

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Glenn Page and his brother Brian (who is also named in the lawsuit) are said to have spearheaded these efforts with the understanding that “majority ownership and control will always remain with the Hill brothers.” I’m here. State, the statement of claim says.

When Glenn Page proposed opening a chain of indigenous-run gas stations branded as Gen7 Fuel — the name echoes Haudenosaunee’s belief that decisions must be made with the next seven generations in mind. Yes — so long as OTE’s involvement ends, Hills has agreed. When fueling a new station.

Instead, Page claims that he used his dominant position in OTE to channel money and resources from OTE into Gen7 without the consent of the Hill brothers.

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70 foot yacht

The Hills allege that the defendants falsified financial statements to conceal the truth of the transaction, used over $15 million in OTE funds to build a Gen7 gas station, created a fictitious employee on the payroll, and compromised the company’s credit. Claims to have lowered the limit.

In addition, Glenn Page and his wife will siphon another $5 million from OTE, take vacations with OTE dime, book charter flights for non-business activities, and “Cuz We Can” in 2021. It is claimed to have purchased a 70-foot yacht named

These revelations originated when Miles and Scott Hill met with OTE bankers in Hamilton in July about a “suspicious wire transfer of millions of dollars from OTE’s bank accounts” that the bank authorized by Glenn Page. The lawsuit alleges it came to light when it learned it was conducting an investigation into the Two of her former Gen7 employees named in the lawsuit — Kelly Hodgins and Mandy Cox, wife of Glenn Page.

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“They had no right or authorization to use the company’s funds for those purposes, and they took unfair advantage of their position in the business,” the lawsuit states.

Brothers Cox, Hodgins and Page have indicated their intention to defend the case in court.

Cox and Hodgins’ attorneys declined to comment for this article, while Brian Page’s attorneys did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

Attorneys representing the Hill brothers did not respond to several requests for comment.

unpaid gas tax

In August, Hills received a second shock after being informed that OTE owed $35 million in state and federal gas tax remittance payments.

The money was nowhere to be found on the company’s books, as claimed in the lawsuit.

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After Glenn Page stepped down as president of OTE last summer, Brian Page, Cox, and Hodgins banned Hills from company accounts, denied access to information, destroyed records, and left, according to the complaint. Claims to have deleted the email.

Various companies allegedly owned by Pages and Cox are also named as defendants.

Hills is seeking $1 million in punitive damages from each defendant, as well as the return of money allegedly defrauded from OTE and assets fraudulently obtained with the allegedly fraudulently obtained funds.

Glenn Page told The Spectator that it was “disappointing” that Gen7 was in the public eye thanks to the lawsuit, and that the company’s actions against indigenous entrepreneurs “doing great things for the community”. Said no support.

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About Gen7, Page said the company’s mission is to “strengthen the economies of indigenous peoples,” according to its website, and to support business owners and donate a portion of fuel sales to local causes. “Mostly owned by indigenous peoples,” he said.

Paige said the story presented in the billing statement was “full of half-baked stories” and “lacking details” and “a sensational one-sided exposition”.

He likened the lawsuit ending his 20-year business and personal relationship with Hills to a “very unfortunate corporate divorce between partners.”

“There have been several attempts to get the process going, but it all seemed to work. And then there was the lawsuit,” Page said.

JP Antonacci is a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator-based Local Journalism Initiative. This initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.