ABOVE WATCH: UPAC searches four private residences and businesses, including that of Lachine Mayor Claude Dauphin and former Ville-Marie borough Mayor Sammy Forcillo. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
MONTREAL – Quebec’s anti-corruption squad, UPAC, is searching four private residences and businesses, including that of Lachine Mayor Claude Dauphin and former Ville-Marie borough Mayor Sammy Forcillo.
About 50 officers participated in the raids Wednesday morning.
According to reports, the searches are connected to an investigation related to a $355 million water meter scandal.
The contract was given to Génieau back in 2007, a consortium of Dessau and Simard-Beaudry, but it was revoked two years later because of administrative irregularities and allegations of collusion and corruption.
Forcillo was in charge of water management for the City of Montreal at the time the contract was give out.
He retired from politics in August, 2013 after a 30 year career to “devote his time to his family and personal projects.”
READ MORE: Sammy Forcillo announces he’s retiring
Several other searches have been conducted in previous weeks, including BPR Inc., Groupe SM International, Construction Frank Catania & Associés Inc. and Travelers Canada insurance.
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