Jury selected at fraud trial of ex-federal Liberal organizer Jacques Corriveau
MONTREAL — The jury has been selected at the fraud trial of a man who made headlines during the federal sponsorship scandal.
Jacques Corriveau, 83, is a former longtime federal Liberal organizer and a one-time close ally of ex-prime minister Jean Chretien.
The charges laid against him in 2013 are fraud against the government, forgery and laundering proceeds of crime.
His trial is expected to last about six weeks and the Crown says it will call about 20 witnesses.