Category: Tony Accurso

Tony Accurso, Former Quebec Construction Tycoon, Loses Appeal and Heading to Prison

Quebec’s highest court has upheld a sentence delivered to ex-construction magnate Tony Accurso, who is to report to prison before June 1. Accurso received a four-year prison term in 2018 in connection with what a Quebec court judge called one of the worst examples of municipal corruption to come before a Canadian court. A jury…


Quebec Crown Drops Case Against Ex Construction Tycoon, Citing Lack of Resources

MONTREAL—The Crown has dropped its fraud case against a former construction tycoon in Quebec and four co-accused following a nine−year legal battle. Prosecutor François Blanchette told a Quebec court judge Thursday he wouldn’t be able to meet the court’s deadline to release the Crown’s evidence against Tony Accurso and four other defendants. The ex-construction magnate…