MONTREAL — A former interim mayor of Montreal will be going to trial on fraud and corruption charges.
Michael Applebaum’s preliminary hearing ended Wednesday with Quebec court Judge Yvan Poulin ordering he stand trial.
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Applebaum faces 14 charges, including fraud, corruption, conspiracy and breach of trust involving two real-estate projects in the borough where he served as mayor.
Beginning in late 2012, Applebaum served as interim Montreal mayor for about seven months after Gerald Tremblay stepped down.
He was the first anglophone mayor of the city in 100 years and his time in office ended one day after his arrest by Quebec’s anti-corruption unit in June 2013.
The case is scheduled to return to court in October.
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