{"id":882,"slug":"albion-construction-1m-fine-dec-2025-largest-case","title":"Albion Building Consultant Inc. — $1,018,750 fine December 15, 2025; 124 charges, 39 homes; largest HCRA enforcement case to date","kind":"reference","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","candid-team"],"topics":["gc-vertical","hcra-enforcement","regulatory-signals"],"reference_body":"**Claim:** Albion Building Consultant Inc. (principal: Zamal Hossain) is HCRA's **largest enforcement case to date**. On **December 15, 2025**, Albion and Zamal Hossain pleaded guilty and were fined **$1,018,750**, with proceeds directed to the affected municipality. Court restraining order remains in effect.\n\n**Source:** <https://www.hcraontario.ca/news/hcra-charges-lead-to-more-than-1-million-in-fines-for-illegal-building/>\n\n**Confidence:** Verified.\n\n**Timeline — the full enforcement stack:**\n- **2022:** Convicted in the Ontario Court of Justice; fined **over $200,000** for illegal building and failing to enrol new homes with Tarion.\n- **January 2023:** Lost appeal at the LAT after HCRA proposed not to renew its licence.\n- **Early 2024:** HCRA **revoked** Albion's licence, finding it \"would not operate lawfully or with honesty and integrity.\"\n- **February 2024:** Search warrant executed at Albion's offices; second-ever HCRA freeze order issued (the first was against Highbridge Construction, February 2023).\n- **March 2024:** HCRA refused Dynasty Home Builders Inc.'s licence application, finding it was a Phoenix-application ploy by Albion principals. See [[obd-search-workflow-buyer-due-diligence]].\n- **September 12, 2024:** **124 charges** laid against Albion and five associates over **40 new homes** — the largest investigation in HCRA history.\n- **December 15, 2025:** Guilty plea; $1,018,750 fine.\n\nCEO Wendy Moir: *\"Albion's repeated disregard for Ontario's homebuilding laws has led to serious consequences, culminating in the largest enforcement case in HCRA history.\"*\n\n**Pattern illustrated:** the full enforcement stack — refusal, revocation, freeze order, search warrant, prosecution — escalated against a builder who kept resurfacing under new names.","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"tarion-plus-hcra-dual-gate-requirement","title":"HCRA + Tarion are two distinct gates — an Ontario new-home builder needs both to legally build or sell","kind":"rule","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"lat-15-day-appeal-window-for-hcra-orders","title":"HCRA Notice of Proposal / order appeals go to the Licence Appeal Tribunal within 15 calendar days; further review at Divisional Court on law","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-hcra-ontario-may-2026","title":"Research brief: Ontario Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) — definitive reference (May 2026)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"},{"slug":"obd-search-workflow-buyer-due-diligence","title":"OBD search workflow — search by legal name AND principal name; umbrellas and Phoenix applications hide history under marketing brands","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-24T13:50:00.833Z","updated_at":"2026-05-24T13:50:00.833Z"}