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Ontario bureaucrat fired in $11M COVID-19 fraud probe took ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ to India, court documents say

The Ontario government computer specialist fired after the alleged theft of $11 million in COVID-19 funds flew to India with “tens of thousands of dollars in cash” shortly after being confronted about the missing money, court documents say.

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Sanjay Madan, terminated in November from his $176,608-a-year Ministry of Education job, withdrew about $80,000 from his CIBC account in August, according to new civil court filings by his lawyer, Christopher Du Vernet.

In September, Madan — who has Canadian and Indian citizenship as well as permanent residency status in Panama, a tax haven that has no extradition treaty with Canada — jetted to India, where he owns two villas.

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