Ex-Liberal MP allegedly promised to pay back millions only if lenders didn’t complain to Law Society of Ontario

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Brian King, head of King International Advisory Group, has been working for clients who provide title insurance, which covers losses suffered by lenders and property owners from mortgage fraud, identity theft and the like. He said his clients are on the hook for millions of dollars in payouts related to the cases, while in total about $100 million is in dispute.

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“I’ve been in this business for a long time … and we’ve never seen anything like it,” King said Wednesday. “It’s the most horrible thing…. I’m just shaking my head.”

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The affair has even had a major impact at the province’s land titles office, responsible for keeping track of property ownership and mortgages and protecting property rights.

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The Law Society factum says an official of the office told the regulator earlier this month the agency had frozen over 100 properties in connection with allegations that Khattra had registered fraudulent discharges of mortgages, as well as related court orders against Khattra, Grewal and others.

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Lenders in those cases “reported that they were given false assurances of repayment and they were threatened that if they reported the matter to police or cooperated with the Law Society, they would not receive funds,” the factum alleges.

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But it’s not the first time Grewal has been dogged by financial controversy. He resigned as an MP in 2018 after admitting to losing millions of dollars while gambling at a casino in Quebec. He was charged by RCMP – and cautioned by the Law Society – over loans he obtained to cover those debts, but a judge acquitted him in 2023, saying the Crown had failed to prove he’d used his influence with the Liberal government to obtain loans. Grewal says friends and family helped cover his losses.

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He went on to build a private legal practice and appears to have remained immersed in Liberal Party politics.

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In February 2025, individuals named Raj Grewal and Davinder Khattra both attended a small, $1,750-dollar-a-plate fundraising dinner in Mississauga for Mark Carney as the future prime minister ran for the Liberal leadership, according to Elections Canada documents. The agency lists a Rajvinder Grewal at the same postal code as having donated $3,446 to the party in 2025 and $1,572 in 2024.

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And later in 2025, Liberal MP Iqwinder Gaheer of the Mississauga-Malton riding nominated Grewal’s wife, lawyer Shikha Kasal, for a King Charles III Coronation medal, among 30,000 Canadians who received the honour.

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The many lawsuits filed in recent months allege that Khattra, Grewal and RSG Law misappropriated millions in trust funds, took out mortgages on clients’ properties without their authorization and deleted mortgages from title records without paying them off.

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Judges have frozen the RSG Law trust fund and ordered assets belonging to Grewal and others seized as the cases proceed.

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The Law Society factum says Grewal himself is the target of six complaints to the regulator.

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In one case, RSG Law allegedly took out a $15-million mortgage on a client’s property without his permission, knowledge or real signature. Though the transaction was handled by Khattra, the firm obtained the loan with the help of ID cards and a passport that Grewal had obtained from owner Navdeep Singh in another case, the factum charges.

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The society says it has a recording of a conversation in which Grewal claims to Singh the unauthorized mortgage was to “speed up” an eviction at the property.

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Grewal “asked Mr. Singh to help him avoid a Law Society complaint by engaging in a convoluted false narrative,” the factum alleges. “Mr. Singh refused to participate in the Lawyer’s scheme.”