A report hints at yet another twist in the saga of the late Arthur Porter and the MUHC kickback scandal.
The Journal de Montréal reports on Monday that the former MUHC director and members of his family were able to dispose of several overseas properties that had been purchased, in whole or in part, by money he was found to have skimmed from the building of the Glen superhospital in NDG.
Quebec had tried to recover the money, and despite the efforts of the province's legal system, it looks as though those millions of dollars will never be recovered.
The paper reports some of the luxury homes in tropical destinations were sold, despite the fact they had been promised to the government as part of a plea deal with Porter's wife Pamela.
The properties include a home in the Bahamas which the report claims was purchased in 2010 for $1.3 million, and sold in 2014 for $3.75 million. A building which became a cancer centre in Nassau in the Bahamas was also sold in 2014 for $1.49 million.
Following the couple's 2013 arrest, officers with the UPAC squad managed to account for more than $20 million dollars of the $22.5 million in bribes from SNC-Lavalin — money the engineering firm paid out in order to win the Glen hospital building contract.
The contract, incidentally, also allowed for SNC-Lavalin to manage the building until 2044.
Porter died of lung cancer in 2015 while he was in custody in Panama.