- Jean Lafleur
Jean Lafleur is a Canadian businessman famous for his role in the
Liberal Party of Canada Sponsorship scandal .Role in Sponsorship scandal
On April 27, 2007, Lafleur returned to Canada from a two-year stay in
Belize , where he was reported to have lived in an exclusive villa and enjoyed fine wines. Lafleur pleaded guilty to 28 fraud charges for his role in the scandal. [cite news|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070427.wlafleur0427/BNStory/National/home|first=Tu Thanh|last=Ha|title=Lafleur pleads guilty to 28 fraud charges|publisher=The Globe and Mail|date=27 April 2007|accessdate=2007-04-27] He gave 76 false invoices toCharles Guite , the civil servant responsible for the sponsorship program in Public Works Department of the federal government in the 1990s. [http://www.lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/National/2007/06/28/4296708-sun.html lfpress.ca] ]Counting time served, Lafleur was given a sentence of 42 months in prison , and ordered to pay back CDN $1.6 million to the federal government. His sentence was the highest handed out in the scandal, as he showed no remorse or co-operation in the investigation and trial. The
crown prosecutor had sought a sentence of five years. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/06/27/lafleur-sponsorhip.html?ref=rss cbc.ca] ]During the
Gomery Commission hearings into the sponsorship scandal, Lafleur was notable for claimed poor memory and the large amounts he billed for little work. The crown prosecutor had sought a sentence of five years.References
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