A former bureaucrat accused of embezzling public funds has pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the Ontario government—including $10.8 million in pandemic aid—and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Ministry of the Attorney General said a judge sentenced Sanjay Madan to ten years in prison on April 4 after a joint submission from the defence and the Crown. Madan pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering.
While he initially pleaded guilty to theft of COVID-19 relief funds, he also admitted to taking an additional $36.6 million as part of a “fee-for-service” computer consultant scheme, which dated back to January 2011….