Gilles Vaillancourt

• Ottawa to pay tax bill imposed on Laval, Que. after corrupt ex-mayor’s fraud

  He was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to repay the city more than $8 million, including $7 million that was held in a Swiss bank account. 

  Canada

  May 22
  
• Laval, Que., recovers $60M it lost to corruption, mayor says

  Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer proudly announced that after a decade of work by a dedicated task force, the city has recovered about $60 million it lost to corruption.

  Politics

  Feb 20, 2024
  
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• Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of ex-construction boss Tony Accurso convicted of corruption

  Tony Accurso was sentenced in 2018 in what a Quebec judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption to come before a Canadian court.

  Canada

  Jul 27, 2023
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• Tony Accurso, former Quebec construction magnate, loses appeal and heading to prison

  Tony Accurso received a four-year prison term in 2018 in connection with what a Quebec court judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption.

  Canada

  May 26, 2022
• ‘It has been an honour’: Marc Demers won’t seek third term as mayor of Laval

  Marc Demers was first elected in 2013 under the Mouvement Lavallois banner as the city on Montreal's north shore was embattled by a corruption scandal.

  Canada

  Mar 30, 2021
• Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt granted full parole

  Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt has been granted full parole.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2018
• Laval Mayor Marc Demers diagnosed with cancer

  "He continues to perform his duties with the same rigor, the same determination," said the mayor's spokesperson.

  Canada

  Sep 1, 2018
• Tony Accurso granted bail while he appeals fraud conviction, sentence

  Tony Accurso is required to surrender his passport, remain in Quebec and is banned from possessing weapons.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2018
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• Tony Accurso’s lawyer appealing guilty verdict, sentence

  He noted that because of the size of Accurso's construction firms, no others could have legitimately competed with him.

  Canada

  Jul 10, 2018
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• Ex Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso to be sentenced in corruption case

  The scheme was orchestrated by former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt between 1996 and 2010 where companies paid off city officials in exchange for public contracts.

  Jul 5, 2018