Quebec anti-corruption unit arrests ex-mayor, four other people
MONTREAL — Quebec’s anti-corruption unit has arrested five people in connection with an alleged kickback scheme involving municipal contracts in the Montreal-area community of Terrebonne.
Those arrested Thursday include Jean-Marc Robitaille, a former mayor of the town.
The others are Daniel Belec, Jean Leroux, Luc Papillon and Normand Trudel.
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.