A former Ontario government employee has pleaded guilty to defrauding the province of more than $47 million and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Sanjay Madan, who held a senior role as an IT director within the Ministry of Education, has “accepted responsibility” for two sets of fraud schemes he committed while he worked for the province. Madan had developed a COVID-19 relief benefit during his tenure, and later, he and his family were accused of allegedly illegally banking cheques that were meant for the beneficiaries.
“So, Mr. Madan at the sentencing was – in taking responsibility – trying to drive home the point that it was him, and not his family, and that’s why it is he who is going to jail and why it is his wife who is having all charges withdrawn, and why his sons have not been charged at all,” he said.alleged that Madan’s family “exploited their positions of employment with Ontario and unique access to the and payment processing system.
On top of a decade-long prison sentence, Madan is facing a restitution order of about $47.4 million, including the $10.8 million defrauded from the Support for Families Program that aimed to cover the costs of children learning at home at the height of the pandemic. As soon as Madan is released from prison, Sewrattan says he has five years to pay back the remainder – if he doesn’t, he could be re-incarcerated for another six years.
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