Coming as no surprise whatsoever, Paul Coffin, the first person to be charged and convicted in the Sponsorship Scandal, was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day to be served in the community. Coffin was one of the major players in the Adscam swindle that cost Canadians at least $250 million and benefited friends and family of the Liberal Party.
For five long years he stole $1.5 million from Canadian taxpayers. Coffin regularly submitted phony invoices for work never done and double billed for the work he did do. He charged for meetings he never attended and submitted bills for employees who didn’t exist. And being a good, loyal Liberal; he kicked back a portion so Jean ChrÃ
