Has anyone seen Francois Lanthier, that witty Canada Revenue Agency lawyer who, in 2011, tried to hide the fact that the Special Investigations audit of BT Ceramics Inc. was in fact a criminal investigation from the start. Of course the Montreal TSO Special Investigators were doing this, and continue to do this, on many cases; seems like the CRA is hell bent on breaking the law.
To his credit, at the start of the trial Me Lanthier had no idea that the accused had documents to prove the illegal misdeeds of the CRA audit team; not only had they conducted a criminal case without informing the taxpayer, but the taxpayers case had itself been transformed into a hidden investigation on the Italian employees of the Montreal TSO. Unfortunately for the CRA the facts about the case, and how the RCMP were duped into aiding the French employees settle a score with the Italians, (even going so far as to drive Patrice Chouinard to the location where he committed illegal acts) will someday be heard in open court.
As for Me Lanthier, I guess when he got caught lying in court, even the criminals who control the CRA couldn’t keep him around.
FIRED!!
Let's see what the courts had to say
In Quebec everything is corrupt. The RCMP, the politicians (especially the politicians), the tax authorities, even the prosecutors.
Oh, by the way, Me Lanthier was a regular member of a group, mostly CRA Special Investigators, who would meet weekly to play cards in the evening. Our informants tell us that Me Lanthier would regularly divulge confidential information about tax files that he was working on. At least, to his credit, Me Lanthier never never took part in the daily card games (which included betting) at noon in the Montreal TSO Special Investigation’s vault on the 5th floor.
P.S. Maybe Pierre Leveille (if he’s not too busy chasing Italians – who he openly admits to hating) can find out if there is any policy on gambling on CRA property. Especially gambling with money received from taxpayer’s (bribes).
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