TORONTO — Three former senior executives of the union representing Ontario Provincial Police officers, along with a Toronto lawyer and a business partner, bought a travel agency and used a consulting firm to hide their scheme to defraud the police union, court heard.
And while the business was operating, “all five accused men worked together to hide or conceal the truth about what they were doing.” She made a presentation and there were discussions about the travel of the OPPA and potential profit, she said.“The owners — all the people in the room,” she said and then named each of the accused men.
Kozak said the agency’s business model was built on the company having “a captive market of police officers,” who get a lot of vacation time, and also all of the corporate travel business of the OPPA. Further, Friesen told the jury, they can expect to hear evidence in the coming weeks that the three union executives used some of the union’s money to help them pay for their personal shares.
This is disgusting. Stealing from under appreciated men & women who selflessly work hard to protect & serve the people in Ontario takes a special kind of lowlife. I’m glad they’re busted & I hope they each rot in prison for a very long time. 😡