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Jun 1, 2026
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Music industry funding body FACTOR settles with Scotiabank in $9.8-million heist case
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Music industry funding body FACTOR settles with Scotiabank in $9.8-million heist case
JOSH O’KANE
PUBLISHED JUNE 1, 2026
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Canadian band The Beaches are among the artists that have accessed funding from non-profit FACTOR.
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Music funder FACTOR has settled its nearly two-year legal dispute with the Bank of Nova Scotia over who should be responsible for a $9.8-million heist of taxpayer money from its bank…
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