Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, UPAC, has arrested five people in connection with an alleged kickback scheme involving municipal contracts in the Montreal-area community of Terrebonne.
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Those arrested Thursday include Jean-Marc Robitaille, a former mayor of the town.
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The others are Daniel Belec, Jean Leroux, Luc Papillon and Normand Trudel.
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They are accused of corruption and breach of trust involving an alleged contract-sharing scheme in which certain engineering firms and entrepreneurs were favoured over others between 2001 and 2012.
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Last September, investigators froze assets belonging to Robitaille worth roughly $94,000 in connection with work done on his secondary residence.
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Robitaille was Terrebonne mayor between 1997 and 2016.
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He served as MP for the federal riding of Terrebonne with the Progressive Conservative party between 1988 and 1993.
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