The body of a Quebec construction magnate who was convicted of fraud and breach of trust has been found in a river near his home north of Montreal.
Repentigny police say provincial police divers found Antonino Catania’s body in the L’Assomption River on Tuesday.
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They say they are not ruling out any hypothesis on how he died, including criminal activity or suicide.
Catania, 72, was recently sentenced to a nine-month prison term to be served in the community.
He was suffering from an advanced stage of cancer.
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