Earl Jones, the Montreal financial consultant suspected of running a Ponzi scheme, is now in police custody and scheduled to appear in court July 28. It will be interesting to see what sentence the Canadian judicial system hands down. There seems to be a general cynicism that Earl Jones faces anything ...

It’s one of those days that could reinforce the skeptic’s view of the capitalist system. Four of the ten most-read articles today on the website of the Globe and Mail deal with white-collar crime in the U.S. and Canada: