Fraud Charges Lead to Arrest of Ex-Canada Hospital Chief

Porter is accused of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and other crimes, the UPAC anti-corruption unit said Monday.

News reports say SNC-Lavalin paid out $22 million to win the contract to build a new McGill University Health Center.

Porter, a respected businessman in Quebec, resigned abruptly in 2011, and was later traced to the Bahamas.

He owns a clinic there. The reasons for his presence in Panama were not immediately known, as in March he said he was fighting cancer.

UPAC was created in 2011 after a series of corruption cases involving the assignment of public works contracts in Quebec.

Source: AFP