Shopify paid Kenneth Law $149K for deadly poison sales linked to 14 suicides, court records show
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Thomas Daigle
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Summary
Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify paid $148,595 to Kenneth Law, an Ontario man who pleaded guilty to aiding 14 suicides by selling toxic sodium nitrite and suffocation equipment through the platform. Court records reveal Shopify processed payments for Law's deadly products between 2021 and 2023, which were marketed to vulnerable, at-risk individuals. The case raises serious questions about platform responsibility and content moderation failures.
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Prosecutors highlighted the company's involvement as Law pleaded guilty in court.
Payments from Canadian e-commerce giant revealed in court as Law pleaded guilty to aiding 14 suicides
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