Christian Lachapelle
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 4:00 pm
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1358991 ... -protester
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) reported today that tax fraud charges and charges under the Criminal Code were filed against Christian Lachapelle, a resident of Nicolet. He is alleged to have recruited 93 other individuals to avoid or try to avoid paying nearly $2 million in income tax. An arrest warrant has also been issued for Lachapelle in anticipation of his appearance before a Court of Quebec judge in Sherbrooke to answer to the charges filed against him.
The activities for which Christian Lachapelle has been charged are alleged to have occurred between June 2007 and February 2011 inclusively, and include allegations that he helped other individuals to evade or try to evade taxes as part of a tax protest scheme that made a distinction between a "natural" person and a "legal" person.
In 2012, this individual was sentenced to fines and a prison sentence for not filing income tax and benefit returns, despite a court order.