The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that a Toronto staffing agency says it was forced to close its doors after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars to cheque fraud, and the former owners are asking why TD Bank was repeatedly unable to stop the scam. The Globe's Chris Hannay writes that the case is not unusual and can be financially devastating. Yashpal Dhaliwal and Lakhdeep Kaur, who formerly led the HD Group of Cos. until it closed last year, say cheques they had issued were cashed multiple times, and sometimes amounts were modified with whiteout and still deposited. Mr. Dhaliwal and Ms. Kaur say they worked with TD Bank, for two years while the fraud continued. They were not satisfied with TD's initial response and filed a lawsuit in 2022 for the alleged losses. The case has not yet been heard in court. TD said in a statement of defence filed in court that the banking-services agreement signed by HD Group waives the bank of responsibility. It all started in August, 2021, when Ms. Kaur was reviewing HD Group's monthly bank statements and she noticed that a two-year-old cheque to a former temporary employee had been deposited. "I'm like: 'Why is a 2019 cheque clearing? This is 2021,'" she said.