When there is a consent order with the Competition Tribunal, and a civil matter is violated in this fashion, it slips things over to a knowing and reckless offence. In this case, we're looking at criminal charges. In the end, Mr. Hovila spent two and half years in jail and was ordered to pay restitution to victims of his scheme in the amount of $185,000.
On October 31st, 2017. See this statement in context.