Question juridique clé
Whether the predicate offense for receiving and money laundering was sufficiently established, especially whether the check had been stolen rather than merely lost or misappropriated.
Solution extraite
The predicate offense was sufficiently established: on the facts found, the check could only have left the postal service's control through a taking, i.e. theft.
Motifs extraits
The Federal Court held that, within the postal service's sphere of control, the loss of the registered check could only be explained by breaking existing possession and creating new possession. A mere accidental loss or fund misappropriation was not plausible and was not manifestly untenable.