This story is a sad one. But note the fraud -- trumpeted widely in the Conservative blogosphere -- had nothing to do with sponsorship. And a major victim was ... The Liberal Party. We were robbed here.
Ex-Liberal organizer pleads guilty to fraud
Benoit Corbeil was also implicated in 'Adscam' sponsorship scandal
Jun 03, 2009 01:37 PM
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – A former federal Liberal organizer has pleaded guilty to fraud and influence peddling charges.
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"Neither charge before the courts has links to the events of the sponsorship scandal," Michel Grenier, Corbeil's lawyer, said outside the courtroom.
Corbeil, who served as director of the Liberals' Quebec wing from 1999 to 2000, was arrested and charged last April.
Corbeil was accused of bilking the Party and the federal government out of more than $117,000 between 1999 and 2000 by authorizing payment of six false invoices, money that went to a company called Art Tellier.
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3 comments:
Hmmm, robbed by one of your own, eh?
Now who do you blame?
In the USA he would get 10 years but in Canada and with the corruption in the legal system, he will get house arrest.
What a shame.
Corbiel said he will name names, interesting.
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