VANCOUVER, Canada, January 23, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Core Capital Partners Inc. (“Core”) announced that it will exhaustively pursue all available avenues to appeal the recent decision rendered by the panel of British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC” or “Commission”) Commissioners. Core agrees with the panel on their decision regarding Reliq Health, however, strongly disagrees with its findings regarding Integrated Cannabis and Block One Technologies. Core has been steadfast in its defense and contention that the investigation itself and ultimately the resulting accusations were without merit, and after an eight-year investigation our resolve remains unchanged.
This matter has spanned over eight years and was riddled with glaring prejudice, blatant disregard for basic investigative procedure and a complete disregard for public interest. Throughout this ordeal, Core, its principals, and partners have experienced the Commission’s overreaching powers, lack of due process, suppression/ignorance of exculpatory evidence, and retaliatory behaviour.
Shortly after commencing the investigation in 2018 and five years before putting forth an accusation of wrongdoing, the Commission froze the bank accounts, brokerage accounts, and real assets of Core, its principals, and partners. This seizure of assets would become the central pressure point the Commission relied on to produce its desired outcome: inflict extreme financial distress such that the respondents have no choice, but to come to the table for an egregious settlement while acquiescing to baseless accusations or some variation thereof. The value of the frozen assets is in excess of $35 million; and they remain frozen today.
In July 2023, the Commission issued a Notice of Hearing outlining the accusations against Core, its principals, and partners.
The Hearing
A hearing into the matter commenced in March 2024 — spanning sixteen days over eight months, ultimately concluding on Jan. 20, 2025. Throughout the hearing, it became abundantly clear that the BCSC developed a narrative in October 2018 and then spent the next five years attempting to backfill their narrative by cherry picking evidence to support their predetermined conclusions, all while decisively ignoring any exculpatory evidence. Plainly put: any shred of evidence that contradicted the BCSC’s narrative was completely ignored.
At the hearing the Commission called a single witness, Ms. Alisa Smith, a senior investigator who spent five years primarily focused on the case. Ms. Smith gave testimony over 12 days, during that testimony she demonstrated a tenuous grasp of the facts on hand. Her testimony was almost entirely hearsay, which constituted her reading aloud various documents and emails but offering no firsthand evidence.