Ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau gets four-year prison term for sponsorship fraud

MONTREAL—An ex-Liberal organizer convicted of fraud related to the federal sponsorship scandal was given a four-year prison term Wednesday.

Jacques Corriveau, who was previously described as the ”central figure” in the scandal, will also have 10 years to pay a fine of $1.4 million.

A jury found Corriveau guilty of three charges in November: fraud against the government, forgery and laundering proceeds of crime.

Corriveau, 83, was handcuffed and placed in the prisoner’s box after the sentence was read out.

Source: Ex-Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau gets four-year prison term for sponsorship fraud | Toronto Star