33-23-2457

Licence number

G4267

Broker's name

Audrey Bédard

Decision

NOTICE OF REVOCATION AND PERMANENT LICENCE SUSPENSION
AUDREY BÉDARD (G4267)
File No.: 33-23-2457

Be advised that on September 25, 2023, the Discipline Committee ordered that the residential real estate broker licence of Ms. Audrey Bédard, whose establishment was located in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, be revoked and permanently suspended, prohibited the issuance of any licence category to Ms. Audrey Bédard, and prohibited the issuance of a licence to an agency within which Ms. Audrey Bédard is a shareholder and/or a director, for committing the following offences:

Count 1: During the years 2022 and 2023, while she was the sole director of an agency and authorized signatory for the agency’s trust account, did not ensure that the debit balance in trust for all of the agency’s clients was covered without delay.

Count 2: During the year 2023, while she was the sole director of an agency and authorized signatory for the agency’s trust account, failed to ensure that all trust monies were held in the trust account and allowed or tolerated the agency’s trust account to have a negative balance.

Count 3: On or about April 15, 2022, while she was the sole director of an agency and authorized signatory for the agency’s trust account, appropriated or used for other purposes the $25,000 deposit paid by a promisor-buyer for a transaction to be notarized on or before July 15, 2022.

Count 4: As of or about March 17, 2022, while she was the sole director or an agency, appropriated or used for other purposes the sum of approximately $400,000, which she acknowledges owing to real estate broker A as remuneration.

Count 5: As of April 4, 2022, while she was the sole director or an agency, appropriated or used for other purposes the sum of approximately $33,235.11, which she acknowledges owing to real estate broker B as remuneration.

Count 6: On or before February 14, 2023, while she was the sole director or an agency, appropriated or used for other purposes the sum of approximately $2,196.02 owing to agency C as remuneration.

Count 7: As of or avout February 20, 2023, while she was the sole director or an agency, hindered the work of the OACIQ Inspection Department by failing to provide it with all the documents requested to inspect the compliance of the agency’s trust account, of which she is the sole signatory, including the statements of all the agency’s bank accounts for the period January 1, 2020 to January 31, 2023.

Count 8: As of or about February 20, 2023, while she was the sole director of an agency and authorized signatory for the agency’s trust account, hindered the work of the OACIQ Inspection Department by denying it full access to the agency’s electronic document management system and revoking the partial access it had granted to it.

Count 9: As of or about February 23, 2023, while she was the sole director of an agency and authorized signatory for the agency’s trust account, hindered the investigation conducted by the Assistant Syndic by not providing her with all the requested documents and information, including the list of bank accounts held by her as well as those of the companies in which she is a shareholder.

Count 10: On or about February 24, 2023, obstructed the Assistant syndic’s investigation by failing to attend a meeting to which she was summoned by the latter.

Count 11: On or about March 8, 2023, obstructed the Assistant syndic’s investigation by refusing to give her access to the bank statements of the agency’s operating account.
 
Brossard, September 28, 2023

Renée Dionne
Discipline Committee Secretary