RE:Halted Pending Fundamental ChangeThalbinder (Thal) Singh Poonian and his wife, Shailu (Sharon) Poonian, owe the penalties to the B.C. Securities Commission as a result of a tribunal decision in 2015 that found they were involved in a pump-and-dump stock scheme where investors lost millions:
https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/b-c-court-of-appeal-upholds-ruling-that-bankruptcy-cant-erase-millions-in-penalties