He was convicted of defrauding more than $400,000 with a shell company

A 67-year-old woman was sent behind bars and ordered to repay more than $400,000 to the state last month in connection with a fraud scheme involving a fake construction company.

As Revenu Québec explained on Thursday, Esther Milian Linares created a fake company using candidates. The fraudster used this alleged business to claim GST and GST credits from governments.

“The investigation showed, in particular, that M^I Revenu Québec explained that Linares and his company requested a refund of a total of $438,428.30 by submitting 48 fraudulent tax returns in which a false turnover was declared, explaining that the fraud was committed between 2014 and 2018.

“The company’s candidates and employees did not have any real tasks. Moreover, the employees did not have the required skills to carry out their so-called work in relation to a supposed construction company,” the company added.

Revenu Québec explained that some candidates were cheated by Mr.^I Linares lost money in this story.

For these reasons, the woman was ordered to repay just over $405,000 and remain in prison for 24 months.