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{"actor":"system:backfill","investigation_id":"bbf8150c-dc22-4c70-9bce-104a19a4c616","kind":"publish","page_slug":"connor-sinclair-gardiner-ingram","published_at":"2026-11-08T20:13:51.886Z","sequence_num":1,"snapshot":{"content_type":"investigation","entity_name":"Connor Sinclair Gardiner-Ingram","sections":[{"content":"On July 22, 2026, the BC Securities Commission issued a notice of hearing (2026 BCSECCOM 238) alleging that Connor Sinclair Gardiner-Ingram committed fraud contrary to the B.C. Securities Act. The BCSC alleges he raised approximately $4.6 million from investors between October 7, 2021, and February 28, 2024, under the name 'Alpha Alliance,' which he allegedly represented as a registered entity, though the BCSC states no such entity was registered in Ontario, British Columbia, or Canada. Investors were allegedly told their funds would be used to operate cryptocurrency trading bots over fixed terms (such as six months or a year) and that they would receive profits at the end of the term. According to the BCSC, the funds were instead allegedly diverted to personal spending, including transfers to family members, luxury goods and jewelry, vehicles and vehicle-related expenses, travel, and cash withdrawals, routed through his personal accounts and a British Columbia company, Dripsidecustoms Ltd., which he allegedly controlled. The BCSC alleges he raised $3.6 million directly from 43 investors and an additional roughly $1 million through an Australia-based individual identified only as 'R,' who recruited and forwarded funds from her own group of investors. He is also alleged to have given investors fabricated updates on bot performance, to have claimed he had sold Alpha Alliance for millions, and to have falsely told investors that payouts were blocked because the BCSC had frozen his accounts. All allegations are contained in a regulatory notice of hearing and have not been proven; no hearing date had been set as of the most recent reporting, with a requirement that Gardiner-Ingram or his counsel appear at the BCSC's Vancouver office by September 15, 2026, to respond before a hearing is scheduled.","heading":"BCSC Fraud Allegations — Alpha Alliance Crypto Bot Scheme","severity":"high","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"BCSC News Release: BCSC alleges former B.C. man committed multi-million dollar fraud involving dozens of investors","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - BNN Bloomberg","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Notice of Hearing - 2026 BCSECCOM 238 (PDF)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/-/media/PWS/New-Resources/Decision-and-Orders/Notices-of-Hearing-and-Temporary-Orders/2026/2026-BCSECCOM-238.pdf"}]},{"content":"In addition to the fraud allegations, the BCSC's notice of hearing alleges that Gardiner-Ingram made false or misleading statements under oath to BCSC investigators during interviews conducted on January 30, September 20, and December 11, 2024. The alleged false statements reportedly concerned the movement of investor funds, a claim that another person instructed him what to tell investors, a claim that his cousin had coded the trading bots (the BCSC alleges the email address in question was his own), and a claim that he held accounts or a line of credit at Silicon Valley Bank. These allegations, like the underlying fraud allegations, are unproven and form part of the same pending BCSC proceeding.","heading":"Allegations of False Statements Under Oath","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - BNN Bloomberg","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"BCSC News Release: BCSC alleges former B.C. man committed multi-million dollar fraud involving dozens of investors","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"}]},{"content":"'Alpha Alliance' is the name under which Gardiner-Ingram allegedly solicited investor funds. According to the BCSC, Alpha Alliance was never registered as a corporate entity in Ontario, British Columbia, or anywhere else in Canada, despite Gardiner-Ingram allegedly representing it to investors as a legitimate, registered operation running cryptocurrency trading bots. No independent corporate registry record for Alpha Alliance as described has been identified. This claim rests on the BCSC's regulatory notice, a Tier 1 source, though it remains an allegation pending the hearing process.","heading":"'Alpha Alliance' — Unregistered Entity Status","severity":"medium","sources":[{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - BNN Bloomberg","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"credibility":1,"name":"BCSC News Release: BCSC alleges former B.C. man committed multi-million dollar fraud involving dozens of investors","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"}]},{"content":"As of the most recent available reporting, no hearing on the merits had taken place and none of the allegations against Gardiner-Ingram have been proven. The BCSC's notice of hearing required Gardiner-Ingram or his legal counsel to appear at the Commission's Vancouver office on September 15, 2026, if he wished to be heard prior to a hearing being scheduled. Readers should treat all claims in this entry as regulatory allegations only, pending adjudication.","heading":"Status of Proceedings","severity":"low","sources":[{"credibility":1,"name":"BCSC News Release: BCSC alleges former B.C. man committed multi-million dollar fraud involving dozens of investors","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - BNN Bloomberg","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"}]}],"sources_used":[{"credibility":1,"name":"BCSC News Release: BCSC alleges former B.C. man committed multi-million dollar fraud involving dozens of investors","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"},{"credibility":1,"name":"Notice of Hearing - 2026 BCSECCOM 238 (PDF)","type":"regulatory","url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/-/media/PWS/New-Resources/Decision-and-Orders/Notices-of-Hearing-and-Temporary-Orders/2026/2026-BCSECCOM-238.pdf"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - BNN Bloomberg","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"credibility":2,"name":"Calgary man accused of orchestrating $4.6M fraud when he lived in BC - CTV News","type":"news_article","url":"https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"}],"summary":"Connor Sinclair Gardiner-Ingram is a Calgary-based individual, formerly resident in Comox, British Columbia, who is the subject of a notice of hearing issued by the BC Securities Commission (BCSC) alleging he committed securities fraud of approximately $4.6 million through an unregistered entity called 'Alpha Alliance' between October 2021 and February 2024, and that he made false statements under oath to BCSC investigators. The allegations have not been proven and no hearing has yet been held; this page will be updated as the BCSC proceeding progresses.","timeline":[{"date":"2021-10-07","date_evidence":"The fundraising period was October 7, 2021, to February 28, 2024.","event":"Alleged start of fundraising period for the Alpha Alliance crypto bot scheme.","source":"BNN Bloomberg","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2024-01-30","date_evidence":"He is accused of making false or misleading statements under oath during three BCSC investigator interviews on January 30, September 20, and December 11, 2024.","event":"First of three BCSC interviews in which Gardiner-Ingram allegedly made false statements under oath.","source":"BNN Bloomberg","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2024-02-28","date_evidence":"The fundraising period was October 7, 2021, to February 28, 2024.","event":"Alleged end of fundraising period for the Alpha Alliance scheme.","source":"BNN Bloomberg","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2024-09-20","date_evidence":"He is accused of making false or misleading statements under oath during three BCSC investigator interviews on January 30, September 20, and December 11, 2024.","event":"Second BCSC interview involving alleged false statements under oath.","source":"BNN Bloomberg","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2024-12-11","date_evidence":"He is accused of making false or misleading statements under oath during three BCSC investigator interviews on January 30, September 20, and December 11, 2024.","event":"Third BCSC interview involving alleged false statements under oath.","source":"BNN Bloomberg","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2026-07-22","date_evidence":"Published July 22, 2026 / the B.C. Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a notice of hearing on a Wednesday (notice 2026-BCSECCOM-238)","event":"BCSC issues notice of hearing (2026 BCSECCOM 238) alleging fraud and false statements under oath against Gardiner-Ingram.","source":"BNN Bloomberg / BCSC","source_url":"https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/markets/crypto/2026/07/23/calgary-man-accused-of-orchestrating-46m-fraud-when-he-lived-in-bc/"},{"date":"2026-09-15","date_evidence":"He or his counsel must appear at the BCSC's Vancouver office on September 15, 2026, if he wishes to be heard before a hearing is scheduled.","event":"Deadline for Gardiner-Ingram or counsel to appear at BCSC Vancouver office before a hearing is scheduled.","source":"BCSC News Release","source_url":"https://www.bcsc.bc.ca/about/media-room/news-releases/2026/55-bcsc-alleges-former-bc-man-committed-multi-million-dollar-fraud-involving-dozens-of-investors"}]},"v":1}