Three Indo-Canadians – Sanjay Madan and his wife Shalini Madan and Vidhan Singh – have already been charged in COVID relief fraud
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BRAMPTON: Another Indo-Canadian man has been arrested in an alleged $11 million fraud in Ontario COVID-19 relief funding.
Manish Gambhir, 41, of Brampton was arrested earlier this week. He has been charged with possession of an identity document and property obtained by crime.
Three Indo-Canadians have already been charged for defrauding $11 million from COVID relief funds from the Ontario government.
While Sanjay Madan and his wife Shalini Madan, both former provincial employees, were arrested on September 18, OPP later also arrested Vidhan Singh, 54.
Sanjay Madan, his wife and two adult children are being sued by Ontario for issuing cheques illegally and banking cheques under the Support for Families programme. The programme aimed to help families offset the cost of kids learning at home.
Sanjay Madan, his wife and two adult children worked for the Ontario government in information technology.
ANOTHER FRAUD
Sanjay Madan, who helped develop a computer app for COVID-19 relief benefit, is also accused of taking millions more in kickbacks in an alleged fraud worth more than $30 million.
According to the Ontario government allegations, he (Sanjay Madan) took $10 million in secret commissions for directing government contracts to some companies that he or Vidhan Singh controlled.
Out of these $10 million, Sanjay Madan allegedly got $5 million from Singh and another $5 million from other companies.
Ontario asked the OPP for investigations into the scheme in August 2020.
Sanjay Madan was sacked from his job in November as the scale of the fraud unravelled.
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