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An accused at the centre of B.C.’s biggest money-laundering case tried to sell a co-worker a $2-million house the province wanted forfeited.

The purchase of the six-bedroom, six-bathroom home by the co-worker involved in the alleged laundering operation was stopped last spring when the B.C. Civil Forfeiture Office became aware of who was at the other end of the proposed sale, according to filings in B.C. Supreme Court.

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The details of the prospective sale only become available recently when the civil forfeiture office told the court it had concerns about another pending sale of the southeast Vancouver property. According to court filings, the civil forfeiture office was suspicious this buyer was also not at arm’s length from the accused and the purchase money was “tainted.”

Ultimately, the court approved the most recent sale in a decision on Sept. 6.

The civil forfeiture office had claimed that, like the first proposal, the sale was priced hundreds of thousands of dollars below market value and asked the court not to approve the sale.