Former union boss in Quebec guilty of fraud and forgery

An influential former Quebec union boss has been found guilty of fraud and forging documents stemming from inflated expense claims.

Jocelyn Dupuis was accused of charging the Quebec Federation of Labour for tens of thousands of dollars in expenses by using fake or inflated bills.

A Quebec court judge found him guilty this morning of all the charges he was facing. Dupuis had suggested the inflated expenses were for the benefit of the workers he represented.

Some former colleagues testified they approved of his practices, because Dupuis often paid union expenses out of pocket.

Dupuis was a key leader in the labour federation’s construction wing, serving as director-general between 1997 and 2008.

The charges related to claims made between December 2007 and November 2008, a period in which Dupuis filed 43 expense accounts totalling $225,000.

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