Financiers who defrauded investors in Winnipeg, Barrie projects sentenced to 5 years in jail, $12 million each

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Jawad Rathore, 49, and 50-year-old Vince Petrozza were executives for Fortress Real Developments Inc., a defunct Toronto-area syndicated mortgage company that raised funds for a failed 45-storey tower in downtown Winnipeg called SkyCity and a Barrie mixed-use development called the Collier Centre.