Who are the people accused of defrauding London Health Science Centre out of millions
CBC
As officials try to make sense of an alleged multi-year fraud engineered so several people could personally profit from money meant to be spent on keeping London's hospitals running, CBC News dug into the people accused in the scheme.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday names a former senior executive and his close associates, alleging they created companies that then bid on construction projects that were either not done, done shoddily, were overpriced, or should not have won the bids because of irregularities.
The London Health Sciences Centre is seeking $50M in damages, as well as all the profits that those named in it made, and all of the salaries that each made during the time the alleged fraud was being run.
A second lawsuit names three former executives and a consulting firm, accusing them of knowing about the fraud but not doing anything about it.
None of the allegations have been tested in court, and the defendants have not yet responded to the claims. CBC News has attempted to contact all of the people named but did not hear back, or comment was declined.
Here's what we know about those involved in the alleged fraud scheme:
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