The Manitoba Securities Commission (MSC) has permanently barred Bret Allan Dobbin from Manitoba capital markets following a Settlement Agreement, after Mr. Dobbin was sentenced to 18 months in jail for violating The Securities Act and The Mortgage Brokers Act, having fraudulently obtained over $500,000 from an elderly, widowed victim. The Commission ordered permanent denial of exemptions under both Acts, immediate resignation from any director or officer positions held with any issuer, and prohibition against serving as a director or officer of any issuer in the future. The Provincial Court of Manitoba additionally ordered Mr. Dobbin to pay approximately $380,000 in restitution to his victim.