The Canada Revenue Agency has revoked the charitable registration of the Tamil (Sri Lanka) Refugee-Aid Society of Ottawa.
In a letter sent to the organization, the agency says the society failed to maintain control over its use of funds, improperly issued tax receipts on behalf of third parties and provided funding to people outside Canada who were not entitled to a donation.
This funding included $813,000 provided to another organization which, the agency believed was operating as part of the support network for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a group on Canada's official list of terrorist organizations.
The agency says an audit also revealed that the fundraising involved a person who had been convicted in the United States of conspiring to provide material support to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
