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Ex-bureaucrat pleads guilty to stealing $47.4M from Ontario government, gets measly10 years in prison

… While he had been initially charged with the theft of COVID-19 relief funds, he also admitted to stealing an additional $36.6 million as part of an elaborate “fee-for-service” computer scheme dating back to 2010.

… “I am very deeply sorry for my misconduct for a very long time,” said Madan, who earned $176,608-a-year as the Ministry of Education’s information technology leader on the Support for Families program until he was terminated in October 2020.

“I am very, very sorry to the taxpayers of Ontario. I know that nobody trusts me anymore. I am ready to face the consequences of my wrongdoing,” he said, appearing gaunt and sporting rumpled clothing.

 

10 years? It’s Canada so he’ll be drinking margaritas in Hyderabad in less than 4.

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