Posted on 02/06/2020 3:31:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Canadian businessman and failed mayoral candidate was thrown in jail for 30 days after telling a judge he burned 1 million Canadian dollars in cash -- in two separate bonfires -- to avoid paying his wife spousal and child support as part of their divorce settlement, according to a report published Tuesday.
In an Ottawa Superior Court hearing last week, Bruce McConville, 55, told a judge he withdrew about 1 million Canadian dollars -- about $750,000 USD -- in 25 separate withdrawals from six separate bank accounts. He claimed he then burned the cash in two bonfires – $743,000 on Sept. 23 and $296,000 on Dec. 15, Ottawa Citizen reported.
McConville, who ran for mayor of Ottawa in 2018, claimed to have receipts to prove he withdrew the money. He said he did not record the bonfires and no one witnessed him set the cash ablaze.
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So what? A year in a Canadian prison in exchange for the million bucks you hid away? Sounds very reasonable.
and he lost all his firearms in a fishing accident!
My friend had an employee that literally cut his own house in half with a chainsaw during his divorce.
He’s a failed politician - no way he burned the cash...check his new freezer....
Depends on how much you value your freedom.
Even THAT doesn’t work. Here in NY they IMPUTE how much you COULD be making.
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