The wife of a gunman in a deadly Toronto shooting has alleged that the two victims had defrauded their family through an alleged investment scam.

On Monday, a man and a woman were shot to death, and the male attacker also died at an office space in Toronto's North York neighborhood near a daycare center, the Associated Press reported.

Gunman's Wife in Toronto Shooting Claims They Were Defrauded of Life Savings

Alisa Pogorelovsky, the gunman's wife, revealed in a statement released by her lawyers on Wednesday that her husband, Alan Kats, could not cope with the loss of their life savings, which led to this tragic event.

She said she hoped that someday her family would be able to recover from this ordeal. Authorities have identified the victims as 54-year-old Arash Missaghi and 44-year-old Samira Yousefi. The police have not officially named the 46-year-old shooter.

According to Pogorelovsky, she found a note written by her husband after the shooting, which revealed what he was thinking and why he acted that way.

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Toronto Victims Allegedly Part of Syndicated Mortgage Scam

Court documents revealed that Alisa Pogorelovsky and her husband had filed a lawsuit against Arash Missaghi, Samira Yousefi, and others, claiming they lost CDN $1.28 million (US$930,000) in a suspected syndicated mortgage scam.

However, the accusations against the two victims have not been proven in court. In 2018, Missaghi was charged for his alleged role in an intricate mortgage fraud scheme worth CDN $17 million (US$12.4 million). According to AP, this stemmed from a police investigation called Project Bridle Path. 

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