The Vancouver Sun reports in its Saturday edition that a new defendant has been added to a civil lawsuit launched by the province seeking forfeiture of a Salt Spring Island property that the government alleges was linked to a $200-million-plus international stock fraud. The Sun's Gordon Hoekstra writes that in a consent order filed May 10 in B.C. Supreme Court, which is agreed to by both parties, Philippines resident Jay Lee was added as a defendant. Other defendants in the case include Skye Lee; Alicia Lee, spouse of Skye; Beresford Estates, which owns the $2.6-million Salt Spring Island property; and Vincent Manalastas, the sole director of Beresford Estates. The May 10 filing says Jay Lee, whose occupation is unknown and is believed to live in the Philippines, is the sole registered shareholder of Beresford Estates. The B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office's lawsuit filed in December, 2019, alleges the Salt Spring Island property at 391 Baker Rd. is the proceeds of crime and was used to launder money. In 2018, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation uncovered the pump-and-dump stock fraud that it alleged involved as many as nine countries, with money being moved through 18 banks including in Canada.