Gilles Vaillancourt to plead guilty, serve prison time reports
It looks like the man who was once dubbed the King of Laval will now have to do some serious time behind bars.
It looks like the man who was once dubbed the King of Laval will now have to do some serious time behind bars.
Radio-Canada is reporting that Gilles Vaillancourt's lawyers and the Crown have cut a deal which will see the former Laval mayor sentenced to six years behind bars.
He'll also have to pay back $9 million.
Vaillancourt was arrested by officers with Quebec's anti-corruption squad UPAC in early 2013. He was facing charges, along with several others, in connection with an elaborate — and long-standing — collusion and kickback scheme involving city contracts.
Vaillancourt was mayor of Laval from 1989 until he stepped down in 2012 under a cloud of suspicion.